Students will have to wait two more
weeks to vote m t h ~ syear's Feds
elections because the elections committee has rescheduled the voting
wriod. The decision was made after
the committee was directed by Students' Councd to suspend voting
until problems with VP student issues voung and the voters list were
corrected.
'On February 10, Students' council passed a motion that suspended
the election. The motion, which was
made by arts conncillor Raymond
Gillis and seconded by math cound o r Stephen Skrzydlo, called for a
suspensionofvotinguntd "such time
that the errors including voting for
the VPSI position are fixed and a
correctvoters listisproduced." Gillis
also filed affidavits under sections
306 and 307 of the Ontario Corporations ActwithFeds president Yaacov
Iland, requesting a register of the
members of the corporation. The
Feds have y t d February 20 to provide Gillis wrth the register.
The motion identified two problems thatwerenoticedbyGills sometime between Friday and the Sunday
council meeting: &st, votefs could
not cast ballots for VPSI candidate
David Huynh; second, some stu-

dents who thought that they were
+ble to vote were told that they
were not on the voters' list.
The affidavits force the Feds to
provide a list of names of its'members in alphabetical order. Gillis explained why he filed the affidavits:
'That was really to draw attention to
the executive that we really do have
a problem - that we don't know
who our members are. And the best
way to do that is to force them by
using the corporations act."
On Monday, the elections committee met and decided to reschedule the election. In a press release,
the committee wrote, 'The Federation of Students Elections Committee has decided to cancel voting in
the current election and reschedule
the voting period in response to an
order from the Federation of Students' Council made yesterday."
Students could not vote for
Huynh because his name was spelled
differently on the Feds ballot than it
was in the election program.Brandon

Sweet, CRO for the election, explained the problem in an interview:
"It was pretty t r i d actually...what
would amountto a differenceinspellmg of the candidate's name on the
Feds side and the IST side. The Feds
ballot was telling IST to register a
vote for a candidate that the IST
ballot wasn't recognizing. . . I think
that one ballot had hun listed as
Dave and one ballot had him listed as
David."
The second problem is that some
students who had not paid their fees
in fullwhen the voters list was generated were not on the voters' list.
Sweet described why some students
were not on the list. "On the date
that the voters list was generated,
several students, who would otherwise be eligble, hadn't yet finished
paying their fees . . .it excluded those
people who weren't technically registered." On Monday, Sweet did not
know the exact day that the voters
list was created, but estimated that it
was generated in "late January."
Reg Quinton, IST senior technologist, security, wrote the election
pro& (it is approximately100lines
of per1 script). In an interview, he
said that there have been no technical problems with the election and
that theproblemshave resulted from
human error. When asked what
would be an ideal situation,Quinton

Region to expand Columbia Street
Becky Versteeg

Widening the road is the chosen
solutionto bothproblems, and plans
for development are in place.
The overall goal is to make Columbia Street four lanes wide between Weber Street and the railroad
tracks to the east of campus. The
proposed plan will be implemented
in three stages. Reconstruction from

Phillip street-to the railroad tracks
willbegin this year. The section from
the King and Columbia intersection
through to Holly Street is slotted for
2003. The stretch of deteriorating
pavement from Phillip to King will
be the final development.
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jhelrner@hprint.uwaterloo.ca

Board of Governors requests more information
ries "very aggressively" in order to
"spend down a budget surplus." At
issue is whether the source of revLast week, UW's Board of Gover- enues will be sufficient to fund r e p nors deferred its decision on the lar student aid eTpenses once the
university's proposed student aid surplus is depleted. Thuty per cent
of increased
"commitment."
tuition fees
The board cited the
must be set
need for more inaside to fund
formation in re"Student senacurrent &angards to the finantors challenged
cia1 aid procial sustainabhtyof
grams for UW
the proposed stuthe financial
students.
dent aid program.
sustainability of
According
The university is
to Feds presiproposing to make
the proposed
dent Yaacov
a public statement
student aid
Iland, the sturegarding its intent
dent awards
to meet the finan'commitment.'"
office
has
cial needs of all unspent $3 mildergraduate stulion more this
dents, above and
beyond the Ontario Student Assist- yearthanitsannualrevenues,thereby
ance Program, through its bursary spending down the surplus by a sigprogram. At the most recent senate nificant amount.Iland sees anumber
meeting, several student senators of problems
the university's
challengedthe financialsustainability proposal because the proposal recof the proposed student aid "comommends "doing what we are doing
mltment," calling the proposal now, only announcing it publicly,
flawed,but followingthe debate they and not having the surplus to supwere defeated in a close vote.
port it."
Bob Truman, of the Instttuponal
At the last senate meeting, senaPlanning and Analysis Department, tors voted to recommend the proexplained, "There may have been posal, ignoring the urgent requests
some confusion on the part of some of student senators to delay the vote
of the board members regarding the until the financial sustainability of
on going costs of the program."
the program could be evaluated.
In recent years,the studentawards
office has been distributing bursaSee STUDENT AID, page 7
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Columbia Street: narrow, and deteriorating at a rapid pace.

according to Sweet, is difficult to
predict. "I think that students who
are passionate about the candidates
and the issues will vote, regardless of
when. I can't really say if it will negatively impact turnout," he said. He
explainedthat the elections committee may send a mass e-mail to students who have e-mail addresses
listed in UWdir to remind them of
the changes to the voting schedule.

Student aid decision delayed
Elise Hug

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Theintegrity of the region of Waterloo's campaign to promote environmentally sound transportation has
come under critism.The sincerity of
the region's efforts to promote alternative modes of transportation have
come under speculation after plans
to widen Columbia Street to accommodatemore trafficwereannounced.
The reasoning is that if you make
it easier and more convenient for
people to drive, where is the incentive to txy to cut down on emissions?
Not only that, but this development
will impact more than just the environment. Some houses-student
houses-may be tom down to accommodate the change.
According to GeorgeBoa,project
manager, the Regional Municipality
of Waterloo conducted a study of
Columbia Street traffic in 1999. The
results indicated that there are not
enough lanes right now to accommodate forecasted traffic volumes in
this area. Four lanes are needed. Boa
also noted that the pavement conditions of Columbia Street are poor.
The pavement managing system to
identify pavement conditions is an
index of 10, with 10 representing an
ideal road surface. ~olumbiastreet
has sections that rate in the 2.5-3
range. The section between Phillip
and Weber is particularly poor, with
no parts scoring higher than a 4.

Brandon Sweet tries to deal with UW's latest voting fiasco.
said that he would like to create the
ballot himself, begin the election on
a Monday, not a Friday, and keep
everything else constant. Quinton
said that begimhg the election on a
Friday was a "terrible idea," since
neither the CRO nor the technical
supportpersonworkFriday evenings
or weekends.
Thepollingperiodwillbeginagain
on Friday, February 22, and will run
until March 1 at 4 3 0 p.m. HOWthis
new date will affect voter turnout,

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15,2002

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Identi5 (ai'dentIti) n., p1.-ties 1. The
state or fact of being the same
2. a) the state or fact of being some
specific person or thing; individuality b) the state of being as described.
I don't like dichotomies.In fact, I
tend to run away from constructs
such as binaries or artihial choices
between one thing and another.
However, it appears that there are
compelling reasons to believe that as
the university grows, and increases
or at least maintains its dtversity and
plurality, we are faced with two alternate visions. One would see us embrace our increasing complexity, following a path slmilar to the Oqord
Enghh Dictionaty's version 2a ofidentity. The latter, would see a growing
campus incapable of meeting the
needs of its changing character and
blurring into a depersonalized mass
of individuals, unable to create the
community required for people to
fully come into their own.
While the poles are stark, I do not
wish to suggest that these are the
only alternatives. In the road from
here to the future, the university will
be able to artrculate its own vlsion
for how it will accommodate and
encourage its dtversity in a campus
constantly pressed for space, time
and resources.
For Nigel Flear, former coordinator of Gays and Lesbians Of
Waterloo (GLOW), the issue has
beenone of progress towards greater
quakty. Whde the level of encouragement or recognition for diversity
within the gay community has largely
remainedconstantduringflear's tenure at Waterloo,he notes that "in the
outsideworld, there's definitelybeen
a greater increase" in tolerance. Noting new university effoas, including

the recent university Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual and Transsexual/gendered
committee, Flear hopes that efforts
"to look at issues of diversity" d
only increase.
While not necessarily suggesting
a problem with this path in light of
increased growth, Flear does admit
that "the biggest problem is space
for student groups," which could be
exacerbated by new students. "Much
of the impetus to celebrate diversity
is student-driven," says Flear. He
raises concerns that the demand for
space and resources on campus may
h t the ability for groups to celebrate their dtversity.
While headway has been made at
m a h g Waterloo a more hospitable
and pluralist campus, there is increasingly an awareness of holes in
our representative nature. Although
committees exist to investigate the
lack ofwomen in faculty positions at
Waterloo and to invesngate LGBT
issues on campus, the reality is that
our faculty and central administration are not representative of our
student body and, even more starkly,
of broader society.
On the universitysenate, the highest academic body at UW, there existsonly seven femalemembers from
the 64 non-student representatives
and only two members from a visible
minority. The Board of Governors
has a slightly better track record;
however,of the 33 non-studentmembers, again only seven are women.
This holds true for much of the
university's academic and governance functions, with the most startling being the significantly small
proportion of female faculty members teaching in tenure-track positions on campus, and a lack ofwomen
ih central academic administration.
W e the university has a few females in non-academic administration, Jean Kay-Guelke, head of the
Faculty Association's Status of
Women and Inclusivity Committee,
feels that the lack of representation
withinuniversityadministration"gets
rekforced when white men appoint
white males to central administration positions."

Kay-Guelke feels that the lack
of female faculty is partially "a reflection of the number of women coming out of PhD programs" and may
be a function of evidence suggesting
"our starting salaries are not in h e
with those of our peer institutions."
With the tight "competition, nationallyandinternationally for highly
talented, quakfied women," the University of Waterloo appears to be
losing the battle. While Kay-Guelke
cltes other factors, such as our hightech culture and availablecandtdates,
she says "I don't think increasing
numbers of women have been very
important to this administration.
They might disagree,but I thinkthat's
a fair statement."
With an increased demand for
faculty, Waterloo's woes might
evaporate, or get worse. If one believes that the lack of female faculty
here is a function of discrimination,
then the faculty crises might push us
past white-male hinng. If it's simply
a statement on our abihty to attract
qualified candidates, then the problem might get much worse.
BrendaBeatty,vice-president student issues for the Federation of
Students, also notes the growing tension over diversity on campus. As
enrolment continues to grow, "the
university grows in every type of
people coming here," said Beatty.
To accomodate this growth, "we'll
need more support because as we
grow,we'll become more fragmented
and more depersonalized," she said.
Returning to the problem raised
earlier, it appears the increased dtversity leaves us with either a desire to celebrate it or run away from
it. As Beatty noted, p e o p l e d either
"feel disconnected and depersonalized and care less about other people, or [it will] incite people to retain
that sense of community." Both options remain within the realm of
possibility, and in the coming years
decisions on how we support, recognize and celebrate our diversity will
determine whether identity means
being the same or individuality.

Employers court students at job fair

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job seekers last Wednesday. One
hundred and twenty-oneemployers,
many of them from the K-W area,
staffed booths at the 2002 Job Fair.
4,067 students from UW, WLU,
Guelph and Conestoga College attended. Entrance to the fau was free
for those with current student identification from any of the sponsoring
institutions.
The fair was sponsored by Partnerships for Employment,UW, University of Guelph, Wilfrid Laurier
University and'Conestoga College.
Jayne Hayden, UWs Career Resource Centre manager, was pleased
with the way this year's event ran.
Employers liked the new venue at
RIM Park (versus Bingeman's from
previous years). "In the past," said
Hayden, "there were complaints
from students that the fair was too

high-tech." With fewerhigh-techemployers participating, there was a
better balance of varions'industries
being represented.
Denise Mak, a fourth-year computer science student, said the job
fair was a lot smaller than last fall. "A
lot of companies said they were taking resumCs but not hiring at the
moment," she said. Terence Lo, also
a fourth-year computer science student, said "there were companies
who were not looking for university
skilled workers - just [retail] sales
people." Adding that therewere "too
many local companies and not
enough from other areas."
If the career fair were closer to
campus, "I would have been able to
go during the smaller breaks I had
between classes," said Peter Van
Driel, a fourth year earth science
student spedalizinginhydrogeology.
Van Driel was dtsappointed to find
that there were few employers hiring
in h s field of study.

Many sectors of the business
world were represented. Industries
as varied as automotive engineering
andmarketing,communitylivingand
food manufacturers, traditional retail and cateringwere all represented.
A few companies were looking for
store managers (Addtion-Elle, EnterpriseRent-a-car and StaplesBusiness Depot) whde other were seekmg cooks T h e Estate Group Webrand Estates Wmery & Peller
Estates Winery and G.B. Catering)
Law enforcement had a strong
showing at the fair. Three city forces
attended, m addttion to the OPP, the
RCMP and the Canadian Forces.
Computer compames came from as
far as San Diego. Some of those m
attendance mcluded: Computer Talk
Technology Inc., DALSA Corp.,
Electronic Arts Canada, Executive
Manufacturing Technologes Inc.,
and VoiceGenie Technologies Inc.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15,2002

UW and the environment
From greenhouse gasses, to food waste,
the university has changes to make
Adele Pearce

rahzed landscape instead of grass.
The spraytng of pesticides in reddence and daycare areas has been
The University of Waterloo has a ehminated and turf test plots, on the
wide range of effects on the environ- north campus, are being used to test
ment. Influences on the environ- various mixes of turfgrasses in order
ment by the university include the to discover varieties that are less
use of pesticides on campus, green- dependent on the use of pesticides.
housegas emissions, recycling,waste
Another issue isgreenhousegases,
disposal and transit systems, just to which are emitted by the university
name a few.
both duectly and induectly. Direct
The many environmental groups emissions are those from the camon campus are working to reduce the pus fleet vehicles which are gradually
negative impact the university has on being replaced with new, more envithe environment. By setting goals ronmentally friendly models. The
and targets, which work in accord- campus is designed in such a way
ance with the idea of continuous
that encourages students to walk or
improvement,the
bike to class, and
university is not
I the proposal by
only able to fall
student; to have
"The challenge
well within the
a car garagebuilt
regulations conis to find
on campus was
ceming environdenied.
cost effective
mental issues, but
Indirectly,
andefficient
strivestodomore.
the university
The challenge
uses up a signifimethods of
is to hnd cost efcant amount of
fective and effienergy and, alcuffing back on
cient methods of
though 40 per
the harm that
cutting back on
cent of that is
the harm thet the
nuclear, a great
the universitv is
university is indeal of it iialso
inflicting on its
flitting
generated from
- on its surroundings. It is
surroundings."
coal
power
necessary to balplants, which
I have a profound
ance these environmental troueffect on the enbles with the many social, economic vironment and emission of greenand politicalissuesthat are also influ- house gases.
enced by changes in the environThe disposal of waste on campus
mental situation.
creates a considerable problem.
In order to create a sustaidable Every year the university generates a
campus, many factors must be taken tremendous amount ofwaste. Howinto consideration. According to
ever, the quantity of waste that is
Patrick Quealey from the Feds envi- accumulated each year has been reronmentalcommission,anintegrated duced by 48 per cent since 1987. UW
approach to management and prois nearing the provincial regulation
gram implementation is required. In of a 50 per centwaste reduction. The
other words, all departments must universityrecyclesapproximately950
work together.
tomes per year and, as a result exThesegroups, he says,shouldraise penses have been reduced by 30 per
environmentalconcernsand research cent.
the issue in order to prove that a
Many changes have been made in
problem does in fact exist. Only after order to decreasethe amountofwaste
this is done and the expenditure of output by the university, some of
fixing the problem is evaluated
these changes include the removal of
againstlong-term economicpayback, polystyrene from the studentvillages,
can action be taken.
the reduction of polystyrene cups
Quealey said it is "essential for from one d o n to 200,000 and a
sustainablljty on campus, as well as a greateruse ofe-madand the Internet
sustainable country orworld, to show as a form of communication.
that being green is also good for
The implementation of many resaving and making money."
cycling programs on campus has
Reducing the resources the uni- helped in reducing the amount of
versity consumes, decreasing the waste. Some of these programs inamount of waste outputted, and clude, the book re-use program,
working to eliminate harmful sub- vermicomposting, the recycling of
stances used by the university are cans, glass, newsprint, plastic,
just a few of the ways in which goals styrofoam,cardboard,metal, kitchen
are being met.
grease, motor oil, tires, wood and
The target use of pesticides on laser cartridges.
general turf areas is zero, with excepAccording to Patti Cook, the
tions made for infestations and hard- WATgreen waste management cosurface maintenance. Spot spraying, ordmator, programs that have previhowever, is required on sports turfin
ously fdedmay,in fact, be beneficial
order meet safely regulations and to
today because of improved technolmaintain desirable playing condiogy, research and a greater undertions. Mechanical removal of weeds standmg of the world and the enviis used whenever possible, and 10 ronment. The environment, as well
per cent of the campus is now natuas the university, is benefiting greatly
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I

from changes in the way in which
waste is handled.
TheFeds environmentalcommission is currently trying to reduce fuel
costs and greenhouse gas emissions
byattemptingtopersuadeFood Semices to switch two of their vans to
natural gas. They are also working
on reducing the amount of paper
wastethe universitycreates,andlooking at using "light hamesting" in the
Dana Porter Library which entails
installing sensors that will control
the level of lightingwithh the building. .Thecommissionis also thinkhg
about writing a report suggesting
that the universitybecomeIS0 14001
certified.
The University of Waterloo
Sustainability Project, a new environmental group on campus, was
founded to increase the environmental awareness and leadership-of the
students and to educate the community about many prominent environmentalissues. Thisgroup,comprised
of students, faculty and adrninistration, works on projects to ease the
environmental impact of UW. At
present they are looking into converting several units of Columbia
LakeTownhousesinto environmentally-neutral ecopods.
Experiences from other universities demonstrate that environmental
improvement traditionally results
from concerted student involvement
and "bottom-up" initiatives. In this
respect, UW seems to be turning
towards a sustainable course.
Whether it is one person putting
theit juice bottle in the recycling bin
or a group implementinga new environmental program, big or small,
every action is a helpful one.

Growth and cuts for UW
Mark A. Schaan
IMPRINT STAFF

Theuniversityappearspoised to grow
despite a cautionary financial climate
which may not produce significant
revenue increases. In a presentation
to the Board of Governors lastweek,
vice-president academic and provost Amit Chakma suggested that the
need for growth lies within the increased demand for university programs, the innovative programs we
offer which meet societal needs and
the fiscal realities which require
growth to make up for the shortfall.
Chakmaprovided context for the
board in attempting to understand
the need for the university to grow
and the potential budgetary constraints faced by UW. Highlighting
the Price Waterhouse Coopers study
commissioned by the Council of
Ontario Universities, Chakma det d e d the possibility for 88,900 more
students by 2010 and the need for
9,600 additional professors.
With this in mind, Chakma presented plans for the university to
grow its intake by an additional 540
students. President Johnston and
Chakma earlier asked the university's deans to devise proposals for
growth which would create space k
quality programs with high student
demand that would be able to cover
the incremental cost increase of
growth through incremental revenue.
The breakdown of new spaces
will see arts take in an additional 160
students, AHS, 50, engineering, 100,
environmental studies, 50, mathematics, 100 and science, 80. While
no specifics were provided, speculation on the new growth has suggested it will meet the "affordability

test" by growing popular programs
including a new program in
mechatronics.
The university currently has an
incremental growth revenue gap of
$8.5 d o n as we have accepted
students that our current basic income unit corridor does not provide
government revenue for. This gap
could increase as there has yet to be
a resolution over the average basic
income unite funding for the growth
UW took in this year.
This sameconcernexistsfor funding the growth the university will
take in over the next few years. Fiftyone per cent of the university's 20012002 operating income came from
government grants with 29 per cent
of those directly attributed to operating grants. With a lack of clarity
over the exact basic income unit
funding for new growth, the university may be able to cover the incremental costs of incremental growth
but may hnditselfunable to make up
for the lack of inflationaty funding
increasesto the base operatinggrant.
In the coming year, the university
will acquire at least an additional $11
million in budget expenses as the
pension holiday for premium payments ends, Superbuild capital
projects continue and electricity deregulation takes effect. This pressure
will be partially offset by funds from
the recently-announced $200 rnillion fund for the indirect costs of
research by the federal governments
and by the funding of the Canada
Research Chairs. However, it is unclear if this will completely save the
university from the need to cut expenditures in other areas.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15,2002

Tessie Abraham
IMPRINT STAFF

Labatt offers students
money for service projects

way 7 corridor to regional council.
Modifications include a 401 style
route between the Guelph and
Kttchener-Waterloo.WPIRGvolunteers conducted a survey which revealed that four out of five commuters favoured awidening solution over
other plans. W I R G has argued that
alternative solutions would cost less
and be more environmentally sound.
Despite apparent community dtssent
the ministry proposal is expected to
head to the Ontario Minister of the
Environment (WaterlooNoahMPP
Elizabeth Witmer) for approval.

The Labatt People in Action program funds originalsummerprojects
designed by students that aid a charity. To date, Labatt has invested dwith files from WPlRG
lions of dollars in the project and had
over 3,700 students participate. The
Government invests in
deadline for the Labatt People In
student disability programs
Action applications is March 18,
2002. Additional information can be The Ontario government has estabfound onltne at wuw.lpia-jobs.com. lished the Enhanced Services Fund
with files from Labatt's
to aid post-secondaq students with
disabilities through assistive techHighway 7 modifications
nologists and1earningstrategists.The
governmentwill also permit students
O n February 13, 2002 the Ministry to claim disability-related education
of Transportation presented their expenses in their OSAP needs asplans for modifications to the High- sessment. Currently eligible~tudents

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Five beefs and a skeleton

with files from
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Colleges and Universities

Tories send expensive
"congratulations"
Around $150,000 was recently spent
by the Conservative government to
place newspaper ads congratulating
scholarship recipients. NDP deputy
1eaderManlynChurley was outraged,
arguing that personal letters to those
students would have been more appropriate and cost efficient, consid-

In the spirit 'of Winter Olympics
and in the boredom of what looks
to be a never-ending Feds election,
I think I owe it to you not to talk
about student politics this week.
Instead, let's talk sports.
enngthatpost-secondaryinstitutions
Beef one: rally point in volleyare currently underfunded.
ball. Watching volleyball since the
with files from
change to the rally point scoring
the Ontario New Democratic Party
system, I have to wonder what
advantage it is to retain serve? I
Students vocal on
kept this in mind while watching a
tuition freeze
few varsity games this year, and I
The Canadian Federation of Stu- noticed that the receiving team,
dents recently called on the Ontario most of the time, wins the point
government to take action in freez- because they're obviously skilful
ing tuition fees. Students are mobi- enough to mount an effective
k i n g to create forums and rallies to attack. For that reason, I h k I'd
inform students of the issues and rather receive than serve on a game
dangers facing them. To date, more point. After you score in hockey,
than 10,000 signatures have been you don't award the other team
collected in support of a tuition fee with a penalty'shot. I think this is
freeze,whichwill be presented to the akm to the rally point system in
Legislative Assembly. Future events volleyball. If you win the point,
are planned in several Ontario com- give the other team the ball and
force them to serve to you. Right
munities.
now, there's little point to retaining
with files from
serve. There should be a tipoff at
the Canadian Federation of Students
the net at the beginning of every
set, too. But that's just reinventing
WLU elects new
the game.
Students' Union
Beef two: contact in women's
Last Thursday 28 per cent of Wilfr~d hockey. When WLU there be body
Lamer students turned out to vote contact in women's hockey? I
for thee new student leaders on the understand that you can't just
WLU Students' Union Andy implement body contact and that it
Pushahkwas electedpresident,Knsti must be properly taught at the
Edwards captured the positton of roots level so that no one gets
executive mce-president: university killed out there. But why wasn't
affairs, and 15 other students were this being taught many moons ago?
Guelph won the first OUA
elected to the board of hectors.
The WLUSU represents Laurrer undergraduate students and controls a
budget of $5.5 d o n . The turnout
for WLU's elections was four tunes Chris Edey
that oflast year's UW Feds elecuons, IMPRINT STAFF
where only seven per cent of eligible
voters cast a ballot.
UW president David Johnston
with files from Wilfred Laurier
dropped a major surpnse on many
Student's Union
members of the board of governors
last week when he announced that it
Imprint fee cut 20 per cent
was his intention for UW to build
two new 500-bed residences.
Students will soon be paymg a little Johnston wants the first to be operaless for Imprint The fee is bemg re- tional by Fall 2003 (in time for the
duced by 80 cents to $3.30.
double cohort) and the second to be
The paper accumulated a large completed the following fall.
asset base in the early '90s, and its
However, for a new residence to
board of directors expressed a desire be constructed and fitted out in time
to reduceits "large hquid asset base."
for the amval of the double cohort,
Imprintis a not for profit corporaaon
construction would have to begin
mthout share capital.
almost immediately. Furthermore,
The change must be approved by there are serious doubts that the
W s board of governors, but it is already cash-strapped university can
&ely
they will refuse the change. afford such a major investment on
The board ofgovernors doesn't meet such short notice.
again untd the spnng term, so the
Bud Walker, director of business
reduced fee should come mto effect operations at UW, commented that
in September, 2002.
the plan is at a "real early stage," and
Imprint does not expect to have to added "I guess all you can call it is a
raise the fee after the hquid assets consideration at this point." Walker
have been reduced, as increased en- said that no budget has been prerolment should bolster revenues. pared as yet and that 1s also not yet
There are currently no plans to m- known when a final dec~sionwill be
crease the number of copies printed
made on the matter.

women's hockey title in 1972.
Watching the Canadian team romp
over Kazakhstan last Tuesday,
there were so many ridiculous
penalties for body contact and
roughing that I felt like the referee
was playing schoolmaster to the
players. Now is the time to slowly
bring body contact to the women's
minor hockev, svstem.
I'm sure
,
women would welcome this added
challenge to the game. I certainly
don't see "touch" women's rugby.
Beef three: skeleton. Where has
thls sport been all my life? There's
nothing more crazy than lying
stomach-down on a sled and flying
125 km/h head-first down a halfpipe of ice. Skeleton, which is like
inverted luge; has not been a medal
sport since 1948 and makes its
pmtmodern debut this year in
Lake. When will they install nordtc
G.T. snowracing as a demonstration sport?
Beef four: Super Bowl coverage
on Fox. What was with the
directing in the first half of Fox's
coverage of the Super Bowl? It was
like they only had one camera set
up, or executives let an intern run
the control panel for 30 minutes.
Quite frankly, TVO could've done
a better job.
Beef five: SalC and Pelletier.
Funny how the Olympics dldn't
mean much for the duo going into
the Olympics (or so they made
seem to) and now David Pelletier
is talking about ending his skating
career earlv because of the controversial judging at the figure skating
event last Tuesday, at which the
Canadians settled for silver.
Regardless, the duo deserved the
gold medal. All the investigations
and finger-pointingin the world
won't reverse the judges' decision,
though.

When asked to comment on the
feasibhty of having a new 500-bed
readence ready forFall2003, Walker
said,"At this pornti pstdon'tknow.
D e t d s remain few and far between, and as yet no background
studtes have been prepared walker
said that constructing the new b d d ings was only one of several options
to increase beds at the wversity. "If
anything develops out of [the proposed butldings], there d be [a specialmeeting]or something about it at
the board meeang in April," Walker
sad.
Fmanung concerns stem from
the fact that any new residences must
be financially sustainable over the
long-term. UW loses money when
residences are under capauty dunng
the winter and s p m g semesters. It is
especially crucial that the residences
have a guaranteed number of co-op
students to fill rooms during the
spring semester. Without this sohd
block of guaranteed revenue, any
newbddmgwould become amoney
loser m short order. Facing budget
cuts already, UW must be cautious.

7

FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 15,2002

Student aid: issue s d unresolved
STUDENT AID, from page 3

One of his concerns is that the
complexities of predicting the costs
of the student aid program were being oversimplified by the administration. "The administration's numbers have changedmany,manytimes.
The latest numbers [from the institutional planning and analysis depaament] support our view that the program, in the proposed form, is not
financially sustainable."
Yaacov Iland, beds president, is
"very glad the board sees the need to
scrutinLze the financial sustainability
of the proposed student aid program."
"1 would very much like to be
able to support a new student aid
program for students. But I can't
support it if it's hurting them or
tricking them [into thinking the
money dbe there when they need
it]," he added.
The institutional planning and
analysis department was unable to

provide the financial figures with
respect to the proposed student aid
program as they are a "work in
progress." The department is currently developing a business case to
demonstrate
the
financial
sustainability of the program. This
case, outlining the financial
sustainability of the program, will
likely be presented at the next board
of governors meeting.
An interim board meeting may be
called in the near future to discuss
plans for new residences and possibly the student aid "commitment".
Iland said that students' concerns
about both the financial and political
issues of possible changes to student
would not be considered. "I hope
the administration will consult with
students [about the proposed student aid "commitment"] before it
goes to the hoard of governors. I
find it very difficult to interact with
the administration. In this case, consultation is always going the other
way."

Bike lanes: now part of the plan
BIKE LANES, from page 3

The region has also upheld its
commitment to the environment in
the planning of this project.
A class environmentalassessment
has been compiled and filed at the
Ministry of the Environment and is
awaiting final approval. It should be
noted that an important feature of
this is the plan to add bike lanes.
These lanes will provide easier and
safer conditions for those who
choose to btke, and may even increase the number of people wikng
to do so.
The plan to tear down a number
of student houses is also not as large

of an issue as was suspected earlier.
~ c c o r d i nto~Boa, only four feet of
property on either side of the road
will be used. This will mean that the
city will buy out a grand total of two
properties. The need for the four
feet reflects the addition of the bike
lanes, which is a much-needed and
environmentallyconscious development decision.
A final important factor that led
to the decision to expand the road is
the impending construction of the
technologypark on UW'snorth campus. UW students can expect the
changes to begm this construction
season, adding to the numerous delays Columbia Street is known for.

Business down at Pho Maxim
Geoff Eby
IMPRINT STAFF

The employees of Pho Maxim, a
restaurant in the University Plaza,
are waiting for 80 per cent of their
customers to return to h e on Vietnamese food. They'rebecominganxious to regain the trust of the people
who heard that the regional food
safety department had charged them
with health violations. They blame a
January 22 article in the Record for
their loss of customers.
On January 2, the restaurant re-

restaurant as "filthy," and also saymg
"it was pretty gross."
The employees of the restaurant
are concerned about customer's perceptions. "I eat here everyday," said
Xuan Tran, one of the restaurant's
owners. " I hope that students understand that. All of my employees
eat here too. Why would we keep our
food dirty here when we eat here
too?'
The manager of Pho Maxim has
since lost hts job and, pending a
reversal of fortune for the restaurant, there isn't enough money to

hire a replacement.
Tran told Imprint that her message for all students and other customers is 'We [at Pho Maxim] understand health is important. Our
business was very good before and
we are committed to making customers happy."
If things don't turn around for
Pho Maxim soon, they may never
have a chance to M y repair their
reputationwithinwaterloo's student
community.
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A few weeks ago, Mr. Aaron "I hate
independent media" Wudrick was
accused of building straw men and
he asked to be "[pointed] to the real
one." Well, I don't expect him to
reply to it, but here's one if he ever
wants to.
In 1975,two genocides tookplace;
one inflicted upon Cambodians by
their ruler Pol Pot, the other on the
people of East Timor by Indonesia's
General Suharto. In Cambodia, one
millton people were lulled, one seventh of their population. In East
Timor, 200,000 people were lulled,
one fourth of their population (according to United Nations figures).
Two things set these massacres
apart. The first was the level of coverage by the corporate me&a. Pol
Pot's actions were relentlessly attacked, while Suharto's were virtuallyignored.D u m g 1975-1979, Cambodia had a total of 1,175 index
column inches printed by the New
York Times, while Timor only received 70 total index column inches.
The second difference was the
relation between the U.S. government and the two regimes. The US.
was hosule to the Khmer Rouge who
formed Cambodia's communist government. On the other hand, Indonesia was a stalwart US. ally. In fact,
the US. had supplied 90 per cent of
the arms used by Indonesia in East
Timor.
As MIT Professor Noam
Chomsky remarked, it was a rare
occurrence of history setting up a
controlled experiment. The experiment conclusively demonstrated the
media's b~asin support of American
government policy.
This past Sunday, another such
controlled experiment occurred.
Demonstrators took to the streets in
New York, and football fans took to
the streets in Boston. Both groups
converged in major American cities,
lacked a permit to assemble, blocked
traffic, and made a lot of noise
In New York, a single window

was broken, and red paint spilled.At
another march, the police weren't
even sure if the demonstrators were
behaving Illegally. An officer quoted
by the New Yo& Times remarked,
"Are they violating the law? Give
them a chance to violate the law."
Eventually it was decided that they
were, and a police officer blared
through a bullhorn, 'You are creating a disturbance. You are blockmg
pedestrian traffic. If you do not walk
one or two abreast, you wdl be arrested." The police then made 60
arrests.
In Boston, there were reports of
a car being flipped over on
Hemingway Street while 300 kids
looked on chanting "Fuck Bin
Laden!" The Boston Globe reported
that they wrote "World Champions"
in spraypaint on the side of bddmgs
and stopped fheir cars in city streets.
Shortly after the game, bemused
police officers watched as a young
man danced on top of a police van.
Fox News reported that one police
officer had been hit in the head with
a bottle.
Other than the severity of the
disturbances, two things set the
events apart. Firstly, the New York
demonstrations were political in nature.
See BIAS, page 13

REMEMBER EARTH CLEARLY
Last week, features editor Melanie
Stuparyk wrote, 'Why do all the
other universities get to have so
much fun at election time?"
Considering the events of h s
year's Feds election, I think she
spoke too soon.
Only days after the digital polls
were opened, many registered
students found that the system
considered them ineligible to vote,
and those who were eligible
couldn't vote for vice president
student issues candidate David
Huynh.
Election committee minutes
have also revealed that the system
was attributing votes for one
c a d d a t e to another, and in some
cases, voters were forced to decline
their ballot. It was Sunday morning
before the Feds were on to the
problem, and that afternoon
Students' Council decided to stop
the voting.
On Monday morning, the
election committee met to consider

their options, and did the only
thing they could do: void the
election. The election was rescheduled to start after reading week, in
hopes of getting it right the second
time.
Frustrated and angry, many of
the candidates turned up at the
Feds' office first thing Tuesday
mormng to find out what happened. According to one candidate,
chief returning officer Brandon
Sweet told them that the voting
system had been tested by staff,
but that he "couldn't read source
code," so problems were able to
slip through. Sweet also told them
that some students weren't eligible
to vote because the list had been
created at the end of January, when
some students had yet to pay their
fees. Thanks goes to Quest for
refusing to classify students as
registered untd they pay all of their
fees, including fmancial aid.
Earlier this week, Sweet told me
that a mock election had been run
prior to the voting period, but the
question remains: if the system was
tested properly, why didn't anyone
notice you couldn't vote for David
Huynh? As it was with the inflated
voters list in the Waterloo Campaign referendum, the Feds blamed
the foul-up on a lack of communication with IST, while IST says that
the Feds are responsible.
Even if the Feds manage to get

the technical aspects of the
election fixed, d students come
out to vote again, or d l they
become disillusioned with a
process that has failed them twice
in one year?
We asked candidates to comment on the events of the past
week but few were willing, fearing
election committee's fines. Melissa
Alvares, candidate for vice president student issues, encouraged me
to quote from the minutes of the
Tuesday meeting, but deched to
comment. Another candidate
responded, and later retracted his
comments, saymg "I don't know
what this committee might do; I
don't want to be disqualified."
I took the candidate's comments to Sweet, who looked them
pver and had no objections. The
election committee's unpredictable,
yet proactive stance on fining has
put an effective gag order on all of
the candidates. Most of them
simply didn't respond at all, but
their message was clear: we are
afraid to talk to the press, because
just about anything we say might
constitute c a m p a i p g .
If the election committee was as
obsessive about the voting process
as they are about fining candidates
for campaign violations, we'd havc
the results of the election by now.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15,2002

Reading blink isn't enough
To the editor,
As mdterms continue and "reading
week" approaches, I can't help but
feel extremedspleasure over thelack
of a winter break bemg offered to
math and engineering students
Countmg the weekends, students m
other facuhes wdl receive at least
five more days off What is the reason for this? Is it because math and
engmeermg students don't have .is
much "readtng?" We have just as
much, if not more, work to catch up
on
Everyone knows that readlng
week is not about readtng, but rather
a break from the l w g drag of the
wmter months It is a chance to go
home, relax and see h g h school
friends who are also on their wmter
break
Itis notltke math and engmeemg
students are bemg forced to take
more classes e~ther- our semester
ends three days earher to makeup for
our lack of readlng week Who
wouldn't want those three days off
moved to nud-February, rather than
dunng the exam penod, when you
wdl be studyinganyways?So why not
have all the readmg weeks the same,
To make things worse, we can't
even shp our classes to go home,
because many of us have midterms
scheduled dunngreadtng week What
about people who h e overseas? If
they were m other programs, they
would have a chance to go home for
a week, but not m math and engineenng. Our "readmgweek" 1snothmg more than a reading weekend
that wll do httle to refresh o u r m d s
before the second half of the semester.
- A h Tdj$ord
IB mathematics
I

Provincial referendum on
deregulation?

To the editor,
Every qualified student, regardless
of socio-economic status, should
have access to a post-secondary education. Without a doubt.
But asking university students if
they support deregulationis like askihg motorists if they support a new
&soline tax. Of course they don't!
D o I want to pay more tuition?
God no1
Should Jimmy the street sweeper
( h d taxpayer) subsidize it? That's a
more difficult question.
If the answer is yes: Students can
relax, taking comfort in the fact that
Jimmy and Dianne, the cashier at
Sobey's, are (in part), a) paying for
them to have the times of their lives
dnd; b) providmg them ullth three
(fes, this is arbitrary) times the e m ing power when they graduate four
ars later.
If the answer is no: Many options
need to be explored to ensure that it
is not only the rich who will pursue
post-secondary education. A couple
df them: a) greater access to funds.;
largerno (or low) interest loans made
more accessible to students Gom

'

lower- and middle-income families;
b) tuition based on abdity to pay.
While a set tuition rate would be
established for each program, each
student would pay tuition based on
ability to pay. In effect, students from
wealthier families would subsidize
those from lower- and rniddle-income fanuhes;~)scrappingacademic
scholarships in place of ones based
solely on financial need.
Ontario's universities are seriously
underfunded and need money to
maintain (increase) the quality of
education they provide. Someone is
going to have to foot the bill.
It should be up to the people of
Ontario to decide the "who."
And not university students.

- Peter Sullen
4B economics-applied studies
Imprint cartoons vs., well,
anything else!
To the editor.
A cartoon is supposed to say a thousand words with the added bonus of
a chuckle, but Imprints seem to leave
me with well, nothing. As an artist
myself I enjoy meaningful art and I
know that cartoons are supposed to
be perfect examples of this. I am not
trying to offend the artists because I
do ltke their cartoon figures. I just
wanted to say that they lackmeaning.
I understand that with a busy university schedule these artists may not
have time for the added touch, but
for the sake of Imprint readers, please
take that time.
I am not saying abolish the cartoons entirely, yet possibly this small
section could be fUed with more
important things, or anythmgelse for
that matter. A great example could
be employment ads since UW is all
about &ding jobs and obtaining experience.Maybe some extra coupons.
Maybe some photos of random students. Maybe recognizing students
for outstanding academic or extra
curricular activities records. Maybe
even meaningful cartoons. The possibilities are endless!
Now, I do give cxedit where it's
due -last week's cartoon about St.
Jerome's contained some meaning.
Congratulations!

- Denise Jgawardene
IB environment and business
Just not ducky
To the editor,
Alright, I have had enough. Why is it
that lately the most popular UWpastime is picking on an adorable, goodnatured, friendly little duck?
For all of you who have partaken
in the Millie slanders or rumours you knowwho you are -you should
be ashamed.
For some, Millie's absence is
deeply felt, it is a subject of intense
pain, not ridicule. Every time I cross
Laurel Creek there is an emptiness;
every time I see a commercial with a
duck or hnd a little white feather, a
part of me dies inside.
She is not dead, no one ate her,

she did not leave UW in search of a
lesbian partner. I cannotbelieve these
lies, for that is what they are.
Do not destroy my hope for that
is all I have.. .until she retms.
- Rachel

Valks

3A histoy
Paying through the nose
To the editor,
With all this talk of an impending
vote about a mandatory bus pass, I
thought I'd take a moment to mention what else we're paymg for involuntanly.
Fed Hall: $7.50 per term. I can't
remember the last time I was there.
"student coordinated plan:" $28.44
per term. I don't think any of us
know what that is. New co-op b d d ing: $25 more per term for co-op
students. The list goes on and on.
What I'm getting at is that students don't need another non-refundahle fee to be added to their
already expensive tuition bds. Let
students exercise the right to buy or
not buy the pass. If students need to
take the bus, then they'll buy the
pass. But if people like me live close
enough to the school to walk, why do
I need a bus pass? I find it difficult to
understand the rationale behind forcing students to buy a bus pass that
they may never use. By the same
token, why not make students pay
for unneeded parkmg passes, meal
plans and Shell gift certificates while
we're at it?

-Andrew Martin
3 N mmputer science

Legal to kill a dog
after sundown
To the editor,
I direct a charity for stray animals. I
get used to people saying, "I don't
want to hear about it" when instances
of abuse are mentioned. That is why
most abusers get away with it. But,
what I am writing about does not
evokeimageshard for people to visualize ...it is of a much more general
nature. TheProtestant theologian and
pacifist Martin Niemoller, who survived a Nazi concentration camp,
wrote these words after the Second
World War: "In Germany, first they
came for the communists, but I said
nothing because I was not a communist. Then they came for the Jews,
but I said nothing because I am not a
Jew. Next they came for the trade
unionists, but I said nothing because

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I was not a member of a union. Then
they came for the Catholics, but I
said nothing because I am a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by
that time no-one was left to speak
up."
A township just outside Toronto
is trying to introduce a by-law that
everyone should be alarmed about.
One small quote from a very long
and, to my mind, very dangerous,bylaw: "Any person may kill a dog that
is found between sunset and sunrise
straying from the premises where the
dog is habitually kept."(Their defitution of a dog: any dog, male or female, apparently over the age of 42
days). If you care, I implore you to
visit www.strays.ca, learn more, and
try to stop this law from beingpassed.
Thmk! If you travel with your dog,
one mistake in the wrong area, and it
is open hunting season!

- Bariy Tuddenham
Beware of banks,.
big bad banks
To the editor.
One of the most needed resources,
as a student, is a reliable, efficient and
accessible bank. Unfortunately, UW
students arewithout this luxury.Upon
using the CIBC bank on campus, I
have encountered long line-ups, believe they have poor operating hours
and hear of many examples of poor
customer service.
One such example was an incident encountered by my sister, also a
student at UW. At the end of last
term, after continually withdrawing
money andpayingbills,shenoticed a
significant drop in her bank account,
but dismissed it as poor budgeting.
About a week later, she snuck out
between exams to do some Christmas shopping andupdated her bankbook, only to hnd a $500withdrawal,
which she had not authorized.
Upset and in tears after not getting any answers over the phone, she
proceeded to the campus bank, her
home branch. After patiently waiting
to talk to someone, she was told she
would have to wait for a photocopy
of the transaction. This occurred on
a Thursday and it wasn't until she
made several phone calls and returned to the bank the following
Tuesday that it was discovered that
the bank had made an error and
accidentally withdrew the money
from her account rather than someone else's.
Human error does occur, however, I believe this is an example of
the poor service offered to the stu-

dents at the campus bank. My sister
was leftwithoutthismoney,theweekend before Christmas,without a second thought.

-Nicole 0 Hagan
1B envimnment and busines~
We should spend
more money
To the editor,
So little time, so much to say. Well,
let's see.. .where to start? First,
StephenYoung's comments on there
being no greenhouse effect. Hmmm
. ..is it just me, or is it warm outside?
Was that rain I saw over the weekend? Has it been green during most
of what we expect to be winter?
Correct meif1 am wrong, but we just
came off a scorchmg hot summer,
one of the hottest on record, and
now our winter is extremely mild.
Oh no, of course there is no such
thing as the greenhouse effect.. .it's
all just a big scam to get us our of out
cars and save oil.
Secondly, to all those who wrote
in saymg we don't need a universal
bus pass. Alright, we here at UW see
ourselves as leaders, innovators and
foreward-thinkingpeople. Yet when
it comes to a good idea, not only
environmentally but financially, we
start to balk.
Many major universities currently
have bus passes woven into the student fees; placeslikeWestern, Guelph
and Carleton come to mind. Not
only is this an extremely good idea,
especially for those of us who don't
have the luxury or the money to
afford our own vehicle, but also for
those who live far away from campus. Grand River Transit provides a
good service to us 'less fortunate"
who don't live within walking &stance of the school. I, for one, would
love to see h s added, even if it has to
be able to be refunded by those who
don't want it.
Unseen benefits such as livening
up downtownby providing &t-yeari
and upper-years living on campus
with easy access to downtown clubs
and hot spots would not only stimulate our local economy, but also help
GRT at the same time.
I believe those opposed to this
helpful tool to students are narrowminded and need to open their eyes
to the real world. I, for one, will
continue to take the bus, and really
... what's an extra $64 on top of the
$2,200 you're already paying?

-Andrew Wisenberg
honours English /iterature

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15,2002

Don't let McDaddy get YOU down
To the edttoq
In the column "In Your Interest," Narha N a p
poses a question that many activists are beginning to ask themselves: is protest effective?
Does it allow our voices to be heard and our
opinions to be taken seriously, or does it only
alienate the non-protesting public, incite stubborn resistance to socially just politics in proglobalization organizationswho "don't want to
gve in to the protesters" and give the media
opportunities to mock, discount or distort the
motivations and actions of activists? Shall we
continue to scream and,yellor chant and dance
while these meetings keep happening, despite
allefforts to shut them down, while an environmentally-destructive, socially-injustculture and
politic of greed continues to hold sway?
It is time that all social activists - from
hardcore "summit-hoppers" to those who feel

distressed when passing a homeless person on
the street or seeing how much paper is wasted
m the photocopy centre, orwonderwhy we are
having such a warm winter, or question whether
our university should be deregulated -learn
the capitalism game. I have believed for a long
time that we are not living in a democracy, but
in a corporate state. Government is affected by
bigbusiness.While rightwingers andleftwingers
might disagree on the morality and ethics of a
market-based society, both would agree that
the financial markets are where the big decisions are made in this world today. We cannot
afford to naively assume that, at this point in
human history, simple messages of peace and
love alone are going to change the (destructive)
structure of our society.
What many committed activists already
know, but many new activists may not, is that
working within the system is as effective as
workingoutsideofit. Protest, an act ofloveand
passion, is important. But boycott, an act of

reason and sacrifice,is the greatest weapon the
socially active hold agmst big busmess -it is
avote w t h evew dollar From the simple act of
not buying that dnnk or that chocolate bar
made by a tobacco company, to buying local
fruits and vegetables (even better, buy organic!), to taking the blke or using the feet
instead of %g up the car with gas, everyone
can economically boycott the products made
by companiesthey do notwish to be controlled
by politically.
We all have the power, and we can start
small and bring a lunch instead of eating at
Burger King (unethical treatment of animals),
and we can work up to larger issues (sell your
car, commit to buying only organic produce,
refuse to buy sweat labour clothing, opt for the
Princess local cinema instead of Silver City
megaplex). If we do not support them, corporations cannot exist. It is as simple as that. And
if enough people ask for social change with
dollars, instead of placards, change will come.

Maya Angelou and the
I hate knees
death of the modern poet:
Minh Tran

COMMUNITY EDITORIAL

Charting the new corporate landscape
Mark A. Schaan
ASSISTANT EDITOR

I have taken great solace over my university
careerm aphrase from Canadian essapst Robert
Kroetsch m h s understandmg of modem hterature and its unportance wthin our current
landscape.
"It is the paradox of Columbus' perceptual
moment that it cannot end. Themoment of the
discovery of America continues. Its re-cnactment becomes our terrifying test of greatness;
we demand to hear again and always the cry
into mystery, into an opening. We demand, of
the risking eye,newgeographies. Andthe search
that was once the test of sailor and horse and
canoe is now the test of the poet."
Lastweek, Hallmark bought that landscape,
the country, and expropnatedthepoet thatwas
searching within as a natural resource sure to
make your next greeting card that much nicer.
Revered American essayist, novehst and
poet Maya Angelou has just signed a lucrative
deal with Hallmark where she has produced
100 greeting cards and an entire line of
collectibles (includingmugs, pillows and wallhangings) known as the Maya Angelou Life
Mosaic collection.
Often summarized as "the people's poet"
and considered one of the most impressive
writers of the age, Angelou has been celebrated
by Oprah and Random House and has been
seen as an inspiration for her heroic tale as a
black American woman.
What is perhaps most disturbing about
Angelou's decision to ahgn forces with Hallmark, known for such sensational prose as
Shoebox Greetings and the charming poems
found in fiftieth wedding anniversary cards, is
the blurred distinction between commercialism and literature.
In no way do I intend to argue that commercialism has not always played some part m the
art of literature. Many authors have written for
commercial purposes or have catered their
writing to a mass matket. However, the writing
was still intended for a readership and the
content was still d e t e m e d , with corporate
pressure, by the artist.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, commercialism has made its own unabashed attempts at producing culture and literaturewith-

out attempting to veil its corporate mfluence
Martha Stewart sold her image because she had
always been a commercial entity, not a cultural
icon co-opted mto the commencal marketplace.
What sets Angelou apart is her decision not
to graft her own personal wnung onto Hallmark but to wnte specifically for them
Angelou's Life Mosiuc Collecuon features
two-he snippets that Angelou wrote specifically for the mterests of the corporation W e
arttsts have always had theu patrons, and patrons have always desired some form of amsac
licence, Angelou has set a precedent by essenually consenung to make her hterature mto a
purely corporate form.
The decision, as I see it, is rather like the
mtemew pomon of a beauty competition By
addmg in some component of mtelhgence or
false c o n g e d t y , themtemew steers you away
from understandmg the contest for what it
really is - a valuation of the female body
Angelou too has blurred the h e s between
commercialism and hterature,allowmgher prevlous success m hterature to pretend what she
is wntmg is not for purely commercial purposes
Great controversyhas followed the mcreasmg corporatrzationof the culturallandscape.A
recent author whose book was selected to the
Oprah book club scoffed at the "honour," not
wishing to partake m a constructed corporate
buymg spree, as it cheapened h s hterary attempt. WMe others have held t h m nose and
gone to the bank on the book sales, the h e s
between hterature and corporatist c o n s h e r ism seem to blur what is truly artistic hcence
and what is merely an attempt to empty our
wallets
The distmctlon betweencommerdsm and
hterature is an important one that seems increasingly under fire. It seems the moment of
the discovery of Amenca does contmue, as
America's landscape becomes one where the
"people's poet" and Hallmark aren't all that
different.
I hope thls new geography, this new test of
greatness at least provldes me with somethmg
"touching" in a card for my next special occasion.

University life is gruelling. All day we toil in
libraries and lecture halls studyingand working
whde condom expiry dates loom closer.
Years ago I fell in love with an ugly girl
because of some humorous essays she wrote.
Then one day I read Getting Even by Woody
Allen. Every thing she ever wrote was plagarized from that book. I don't know if I feel
more embarrassed about being duped by a hag
or technically falling in love with Woody Allen.
My first remotely sexual dream involved an
abduction and subsequent make-out session
with an alien life form. It was only years later
when my parents pointed out my general attraction to girls 4 t h inordinatelybig foreheads
that I drew the parallels.
Lately my thing has been lefties. It's just too
cute knowing that a g r l is doomed to go
through life doing everything with the wrong
hand. It's like they'll be reaching for some
french fries and I'll be thinking, "Aww, she
wishes she could do that with her right hand
but it's dumb and slow." It makes me feel like
a good Samaritantaking them out on a date. I'm
looking into the tax write-off potentiality of it.
I once got dumped by a girl for pointing out
that her curly hair was just one step closer to

We, the university educated, have tremendous economic clout. Even the poorest stw
dent 1s a far distance from a homeless person in
the T h d World. It is a terrible world in which
you have to have money to have a say in how
you are governed. However, we must face the
facts that that is how it is right now, anduse our
financial resources to help and protect and
fight for those who have nothmg. We can use
the system to change the system.
So do a bit of research. Ask around. There
is a lot of information on the Internet about
socially-just living. Don't let corporations tell
youwhat youwant;askyourselfwhat youthink
is healthy, caring and sustainablefor this fragile
planet. And next time you want to have your
say against somethmg you don't believe in, let
your wallet do the talking. Believe me: big
business knows that language.

-Charlotte Clarke
4B English RPW

pubic hair. I guess the Power Pomt presentation mappmg the s d a n t i e s between the DNA
structures of the two was a bit of an overkd. I
dldn't mean to msult. Armed with that nugget
of knowledge, I'm sure some guys are more
attracted to curly-haired grls. I know I am
I wonder what girls thmk when they see me,
basically Asia's answer to Antonio Sabato Jr.,
but wthout the herpes and 200-word vocabulary Right now, if you've actually seen me in
real hfe, you're probably t h k m g Asia has a lot
of explmng to do, if I amuideed theu answer
People are t a h g about the tech slump, bdt
I assure you that untd we are capable of mstandystreammgDVD-qualitymulti-angleporn
to our anreless HDTV wtual-reahty headsets,
there wdl always be jobs for engineers m i
computer scientists. And as long as there's sdll
a demand for porn stars, there wdl always He
lobs for arts grads They have bigger packages
Just for future reference, when a girl describes your penis as "cute," that's not a goocl
thing. Don't learn that the hard way.
Knees are far and away my least favounte
body part on a female. If society ever feels the
need to develop a reverse-Viagra, I think a f i p
deck ofpictures ofvanous kneecaps should do
the tnck God should have just put another set
of boobs there. I imagine that would make
g a r d w g a lot harder though
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Deregulation worrie~not over
Yaacov lland and Ryan Stammers
COMMUNITY EDITORIAL

Ontario's provincial government recently
turned down a request by Queen's University
to deregulate tluaon across all its programs.
The decision was a good one. Tuition increases affect students' quality of life. They
take part-tlme jobs, seek private loans, live at
home or take a reduced course-load. The increases are also forcing more poor would-be
students to choose another path. These are
convincing reasons not to deregulate.
The government's decision is a laudable
choice to keep its promse of a two per cent cap
on regulated tuition for five years. However,
the idea of breakingpromises to students is not
a leap for the government of Ontario. They
promised during their first election that students would pay 25 per cent of the cost of a
university education. When they couldn't live
up to that promise, they said that students
would pay 35 per cent of the cost. Students are
actually paying 40 per cent of the cost, double

f
whatwe paidin 1984.The government's incogsistency begs the question: why the solid COTmitrnent to the two per cent game plan?
First, there is a leadership race on right new
and a promcial election on the horizon. ~ o i e
of the candidateswants the bad publicity. q e
beginning of a third mandate for the goveyment wdl present a more opportune moment
for a controversial deregulation decision, prgvided electoral defeat to the opposition is
avoided.
3<
Second, the Walkertoninquiryis stillweighmg heavily on the minds of Ontarians q d
lifting the regulations on another vital S ~ M Y
would bnng ill-timed attention.
i
Third, the current provincial governmept
has been micro-managinguniversities by holding out the carrot of fun*.
i
They imposedenvelope funding tied to K%y
Performance Indicators, unreliable measurqs
of "quality" that deal with employability an#
not with good teaching or good research.
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See TUITION FEES, page 12

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15,2002

Everybody pile on!

YOU! OFF M Y PLANET!
I suppose it was only a matter of
time. In my five months of
contributing to Imprint, I had yet to
develop a major grievance with the
newspaper's news content or
editorial crusades, but it finally
came last week.
Stiangely enough, a couple of
weeks back, a letter was published
crowing about the irony of my
skepticism towards independent
media, since I myself have my
views printed in an "independent
newspaper." Well, last week's overt
dressing of my column is proof
positive that Imprint makes editorial
decisions without consulting its
contributors, since a decision was
made to spin my column a certain
way, and it was certainly not made
by myself.
To what am I referring? The
header to thts column last week
was not originally "From one Tory
to another: Lee-Wudrick shills for
team ROKS." There are several
problems with this. First, it
assumes that I am a Tory (nobody
asked me!). Second, it implies that

the entire ROKS slate are Tories
(they aren't; I asked). And lastly, it
serves as a clear editorial of my
own opinion.
As he is editor-in-chief,I
defend the right of Ryan Matthew
Merkley to express his views. My
concern is his intrusion into my
own assigned space. If he, or
anyone else at Imprint, felt it was
necessary to editorialize my
comments, they should have done
so in separate opinion pieces, not
in the two lines above my column.
No other Imprint writer had their
opinions preceded by a bite-size
editorial. So why only mine?
Let us now turn our attention
to Imprint's Feds election coverage.
Sorry -maybe I should say
Imprint's VP Ed. candidate Ryan
O'Connor coverage. It seems that
several key players felt the need to
take digs at Mr. O'Connor,
repeating one "ambiguous" quote
no less than four times in a single
issue of the paper.
What is this golden quote? It
refers to deregulation and is as
follows: "I'm not opposed to the
university having greater autonomy
to set their fees. Each university is
different, each should have that
autonomy. If this autonomy results
in students with sufficient merit
not being able to get a wversity
education, then I am opposed."
Now, Chris Edey and Mark
Schaan construe this as being
"cryptic," while Edey later pon-

ders, "So is he opposed, or not
opposed? Who knows?' Merkley
goes further, c a h g it a "cop out"
and dubbing O'Connor "The
Deregulator."
Am I missing something, or is
what O'Connor says crystal clear:
he is only unopposed to deregulation so long as there is an assurance it won't decrease accessibility.
Everyone else flatly rejects deregulation -in spite of the fact that it
is on the table, and d be for quite
some time -whde O'Connor
offers strictly conditional support,
and what happens? They paint him
as "The Deregulator."
He was the only VP Ed.
candidate to support, given the
choice between one or the other,
tuition increases over quality cuts.
Where's Merkley to label Iiam
McHugh-Russell and Stephen
Lockwood the Quality Cutters?
Again, Imprint has the perogative
to take whatever side it wants, just
as I dld. I was just shocked at the
fdure of Imprint to actually
endorse any candidates, instead
choosing to portray O'Connor as
the bad guy. As a student newspaper, I think it is quite acceptable
for ?lem to express their preferred
candidate. I find it in poor taste although admittedly, within their
power - to misrepresent candidates and then wash their hands
clean, pleading neutrality.

New season, old tricks?

Is it only Justin, or is everybody
else having flashbacks?
If you know what I'm talking
about, then you are as big a Queer as
Folk follower as I am. The show
has come back a year after the first
episode of the American version
premiered in Canada -but
disappointingly,with hardly any
new fierceness.
Either we are immune to the
show's shockingly overrun gay sex,
or the second season started off
slower than a gay man could get
dressed.
The show picked up from last
season's cliffhanger that left
viewers wondering when (not if)
Justin will fully recover from the
vicious attack by a homophobic
classmate with a baseball bat - an
event that left him with haunting
nightmares and traumas.
But our journey into the parallel
universe starts off right from the'
first scene on a regular night out in
Pittsburgh's gay-club land, like the

first season. This time it's a happy
reunion for the foursome clique
when hhke returns from Portland
and meets up with Brian, Emmett,
and Ted in Babylon. Mike locates
Brian once again in the back room,
where our sex god finds only
boredom from his routine "senrice."
Recall the scene where Ted
confidently denied anyone would
ever catch him surfing porn at
work? The very same scenario
from the new season shows Ted,
holdtng a cup of coffee and
gossiping with Emmett over the
phone -who is again stuffing
speedos for mannequins watchmg "Mr. Chunnel" getting
stuffed. Now we've found Ted is
caught wet-groined and fued. I'm
just glad Ted was holdtng the
phone receiver with h s other hand.
Poor Ted should've seen it
coming.
It's been a year since Gus was
born, as we learned that Lindsay
and Melanie proudly celebrate the
fust birthday of their not-quiteadoptive son. Recall the almostbris that Emmett fainted over? No
male prostitute or horseradsh this
time, just a little backyard party
and a toy baseball bat as a present.
But this time Justin flinches into
Brian's arms.
Then by the end of the second

episode we're brought back once
again into Brian's bedroom, where
the fire re-ignites between Justin
and Brian on the bed that started it
all -under the a l l - t o o - f d a r
glowing blue neon light: The sex, I
admit, is not so shocking this time
around.
Let's not forget the technopsychedelic neon chaos of a show
intro that is copied directly from
the first season.
Maybe this time they should at
least put the faces and names of
some of the fine cast members that
deserve to be included in the
opening credit for which it is
intended.
Reductively, these parallels
made the first episodes as predictable as their counterparts in the
first season, which were mirrored
off the original UK version. But
judgmg from its first season, it
seems likely that Queer as Folk will'
take on a new, yet foreseeable
course soon after.
Advocacy of gay rights has
already been hinted everywhere
throughout these emotionally
charged premiering episodes that
might well turn into a Stonewalltype series.
It seems like Queer as Folk is not
only about sex, after all.

What better time than now?

I hope it's not too late to address
the primary reason why I thought it
would be a good idea to vote for
the "revolutionary" platform. I'll
start with lyrics from Talib Kweli,
hip hop superstar:
"Get your hands up like a hijack
/ Fists in the air <kweli>/ Keep
em there like Natural Mystic, or
smoke when the spliffs lit / It's a
revolutionary <party> / They ask
me what I'm writing for, I'm
writing to show you what we're
fighting for."
That's scary to people. Fists in
the air? Revolutionary? That's not
for us UW people. We're waiting to
graduate to-thebusiness world and
make our money.
It's too bad that a lot of people
can't accept that things need to
change or else things are going to
stay effed up. The biggest change
that would happen with the '!red"
ticket is the move to a more
democratic function of the Feds
I think the people on the
"collective" ticket will be the ones
most successful at involving people
in the process who wouldn't
normally be involved. They were
the ones who included that
concept as p m of their platform.
Hopefully whoever gets in wdl
embrace that idea and run with it.
Democracy is supposed to
mean the participation of people in
the decision-makmg process. In a
system where you elect people to
govern you, that's the only decision
you're involved in making. The rest
are made undemocratically.
,

Take, for example, the federal
government's Bdl C-36 that was
made into law just before Christmas. This is their "anti-terrorism"
bill that gives the police the power
to pre-emptively arrest people on
"suspicion" of terrorism intent, to
detain people for 72 hours with no
charges and no contact with their
lawyer, and to try people for crimes
without revealing the evidence to
the public or to the defendant.
There's more to it, and there are
more "anti-terrorism" b a s coming.
The reason I bring this up is
that, in my view, t h s law was made
undemocratically. There was no
election where people voted and
this was one of the issues they
were voting about. There was no
public consultation process for
people to have any input. There
was no real attention paid to the
voices who cried out against this
violation of our basic civil rights,
curtaded in the name of security.
Instead, t l s law was created by
a small group of Liberal insiders,
passed in the house by the Lberal
majority, and passed in the Senate
by the Liberal majority. The people
did not participate in the decisionmaking process for making this
law, unless you count the one vote
that each person was entitled to
cast a couple of years ago.
And now we have a new law
that gives police powers that could
be described as unconstitutional;
powers that they have begun to use
on Muslim people.
So what's the moral of this
story? That we don't have a real
democracy in Canada, so why
should we have one at UW? No. If
we want to have a real democracy
nation-wide, we have to start small.
As Rage Against The Machine said,
'What better place than here, what
better time than now?"

Tuition fees: always increasing
TUITION FEES, from page 11

They dictated growth with the
Access To Opportunities Program.
It doubled the spaces in computer
science and engineering across the
province. The growth was funded at
subpar levels, barely juicy enough to
tempt the cash-starved universities.
ATOPwas an unwiseplan,pushed
for by Nortel and other high-tech
companies. This is the first year that
students of this program aregraduating, and they're finding themselves
looking for non-existent jobs, along
with all the people Nortel fired.
If tuition was deregulated, universities would be less reliant on
government funding, and the government would lose its sway and its
ability to micro-manage universities.
Fourth, the provincial government is going to be dealing with the
double cohort over the next two
years. This situation is going to be
particularly messy because plans such
as SuperBulld and growth fundmg
don't address the issue o f Ontario's
universitys' chronic underfundmg.
To deal with more students, uni-

versities are going to have to boost
enrolment to record highs that exceed capacity. Universitiesdon't want
to drop the quality of teachmg, give
students an acceptance without a
place to live or have class sizes jump
sharply upwards. Given a choice,
they'drather accept a smallernumber
of qualified students.
So how will the government get
universities to take these students?
Give them money only if they grow.
Full deregulationwould foil thts plan,
putting the government in a terrible
PR situation of its own design.
This litany of reasons leaves students wondering how long the respite will last. Glen Campbell's B.C.
government has just announced a
complete deregulation of tuition in
that province. Preliminary reports
from UBC suggest that tuition in
first-entry undergraduate programs
will increase by 60 per cent over the
next three
whde professional
programs may see a triple digit percentage increase next year alone.
Full deregulationis gone, but not
dead. Expect it to be backin the next
few years; not just at one university.

13

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15,2002

Smile, even if vou're on the subwav
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FINDING BALANCE
Sometimes I play a game when I go
on the subway in Toronto. I try to
count the number of people
s&g
and compare that to the
number of people wi+ expressionless, lifeless faces. Yesterday, the
score was two to 65. And I think
that one of the two people who
were s&g
was on crack.
The subway can be looked at as a
metaphor for the newworld inwhich
we live: on the one hand, it is a feat of
technical marvel; on the other hand,
it is a depressing gray world with
concrete walls. The only music here
is the classic TTC doon-doon-doon
that tells you when the doors of the
train are closing. Try dancing to that.
Something is missing and that
thing is love. If we decide to
rebuild this world that we have
created, it's going to have to he
done at every level. It is essential
that we reestablish love as the
primary ambition in our personal,
social, educational and political
lives.

To see love, let us first look at
its opposite. The Hindu spiritual
tradition says that to live is to love
and to fear is to cease to exist. Part
of that means that in order to
restore love into our world, we
have to first eradicate fear.
Fear is what causes our govemments to kill innocent people. Fear
clouds our inherent love for each
other.
Think again about the Hindu
wisdom above and you will see that
not only is fear killing others, it is
killing ourselves. The fear is rotting
us from within and the only cure is
mutual love through trust and
respect.
The Sufis extend this idea by
saying that not only do we have to
love, we have to become love. Yet
this isn't something you can just
decide to do, it is a journey that
may never end.
Love is an unbiased state of
being. When we become love, we
should love all that exists without
discrimination.That means loving
those close to us but also loving
strangers. It means that we should
love people but also love nature.
When you open yourself to love
and let yourself be loved by all
others in this way, you may also
open yourself to being hurt. This is
a sacrifice we must all make. We
cannot fear the absence of love, for

fear is itself the absence of love.
Love is missing from the way in
which we study and learn. Sure, we
have perfected the art of analyzing
and quantifying nature -but at
the same time we have become
blind to the love that exists withm
every atom around us.
Part of loving is about changmg
the way in whch we look at things.
Biology, physics, and even mathematics are subjects that are

inherently beautiful, if only we look
at them in the right way. Loving
what we study and studying what
we love wdl create a new type of
university that will feed the minds
and souls of our society rather that
the disks and screens of heartless
computers.
I realize, though, that merely
saying "love" is easy. To actually
love every moment of our lives,
however, is a challenging process. I

think that part of that process 1s to
recognize that the universe, that
whch we affectionately call
Mother Nature, loves us regardless.
If we can discover the extent at
whch she loves us, lt wdl be so
much easier to unconditionally love
others.
So let us help each other love.
Peace.

Bias: demonstrations por trayed
incorrectlv bv mecha
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BIAS, from page 9

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The demonstration was against
animal cruelty, which occurred on
the same weekend as massive protests against the World Economic
Forum. In Boston, it was football
fans ecstatic to see their team win,
The second differencewas in the
tone of the media coverage given to
the two groups. In an article on the
front page of the Boston Ghbe, the
revelers were referred to as 'longsuffering fans who are a little out of
practice when it comes to celebrating .a championship." They mentioned a student arrested for drunk
and disorderly conduct, but carefully
added, "there were no serious inju-

ries and no property damage." ANew
York Times article mentioned 10 arrests, for "minor infractions."
The New York demonstrators
were blasted for being "extremists."
A New York Times article repeated a
police assertion that the demonstrators "were about to attack the police." The article quoted police commissionerKellytalkingabout"a small
group of hard-core protesters who
have attempted to cause trouble."
The Economist accused Stop
Huntington Animal Cruelty ofbeing
"a group of terrorists who should be
cleaned up along with A1 Qaeda."
Others were pegged as "self-described anarchists who wished to
recreate Seattle."

In general, articles about Boston
focused on the Patriots' victory and
downplayed the violence and arrests.
"Fans Revel In First Title" was the
title of the Bofton Globe article. Artcles about NewYork focused on the
sole incident of property destruction
and thelarge numbex ofarrests. "150
Arrests Far FromEconomic Forum"
was the title of the New York Times
article.
Articles about the demonstrators
all but ignored the motivations for
the actions, other than making sure
everyone knew they were political in
nature. Demonstratorsregularlypoint
out such biased coverage, but only
rarely is it as obviously visible as it
was two weeks ago.

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Great Italian food in K-W
Kourtney Short
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Ennio's Pasta House; delicious food at quite
reasonable prices.

Ifyour mostrecent experienceof eatingItalian fooahas
occurred in University Plaza, it's time to broaden your
horizons. Ennio's Pasta House, which is located on
King between Columbia and Weber, is well worth the
walk. The service is friendly, the prices are reasonable
and the food is as goodas the portions are generous.
The atmosphere at Ennio's is casual. Candles at
every table accent the flatteringlow lighting. Beside the
candle, there's a bottle of red wine, just waiting to be
opened. The tablecloths, although plastic, have a pattern that matches well with the rest of the decor.
Themusic, althoughnot to my taste, bemg a mixture
of muzack and Kenny G., is unobtrusive.
On the night I was there, a Wednesday, the customers were a mixed bunch. Around us sat a few older
couples, a large family, two women with infants and a
mother with her teenaged daughter. I wouldn't hesitate
to bring a date to Ennio's; it would be equally suitable
for a group celebration.
Readmg the menu, I looked at the appetizers with
more curiosity than intent, knowing that I would have
to pass themup to have a fightingchanceat hnishingmy
pasta. In addition to several bar favoutites including
nachos andwings,Ennio's offers deep-fried bocconcini
and severaltempting seafood dishes, mcluding mussels,
escargots and mushrooms stuffed with crab, lobster
and shrimp.
I was pleased to discover that the pastas, ranging in
price from $9.29 to $14.99, include a complimentary
salad. The fresh$ dressed salad included iceberg lettuce, which was fresh and crisp, red omons, cucumbers,
kalmata olives and winter tomatoes, which were unfortunately mushy and flavourless.
Caesar salad is available for an addittonal $2.50 per
person, whicb Iwill gladly pay next time, it looked
wonderfully heavy on bacon and cheese.
There were complimentary panini rolls, which were
fresh and delicious. The server's offer of a second

United Nations:learn the ropes
UNITED NATIONS, from page 15

model UN. Studentsinvariousdisciplines participatein trial simulations.
Delegates spend asignificantamount
of time doing legal research, developing arguments and making long
speeches.
The issues that are addressed retlect those that their real committee
deals with. Success, or achieving the
coimtry's objectives, hmges on the
delegate's persuasiveness and "politicktng" (diplomacy outside of committee, &e dmner).
Cnsis sunulation is exclimg and
reahstlc m a model conference because of its real-tune nature. With a
lack o f mformaaon, urgency of the
utuatton and confictmg foreign
~olicyinterests, delegates are forced
o tlmk on t h w feetand act thoughtbuy.
Bemg versed m the country's forign'poltcy 1s unportant, but knowng y o u allies and enemies m both
he model conference and real world
s also crucial. In this regard, partxi)anti are extremely close to knowing
low a diplomat functions in cnses.
There are vital aspects of diplonacy that model conferences can
ievet repkcate, such as the interb g nature of foragn policy.
When delegates are formulatmg
olicy responses in model confernces, they are prone to seeingthem:Ives at the apex of power. This is

not always the case for real diplomats. Andrew Cooper, uw professor of political suence, pointed out
that diplomats in bodies like the UN
and NATO often bring pre-formulated positions to the table.
If these conferences are modelled to be as real as possible, every
delegatewould just be spendingtheu
t m e on the phone. "Diplomats often phone back to the department to
get decisions," Cooper said.
However, Cooper sad that the
degree of leverage a diplomat has
depends on the issue at hand. For
matters hke approvtng troop deployment and issuing statements of condemnation, diplomats are essentially
responsible for delivering messages
between national governments and
committees. For issues hke human
rights and enmonmentalprotecaon,
diplomats have more room to move.
In model conferences,sigtllticant
effort is devoted to honing the tools
of the diplomaac trade - buildmg
common interests and coalitions.
Aside fom knowmg their country's position on issues a diplomat
must find support from ltke-minded
countnes. 'You don't want to be
alone," Cooper sad. Even for powerful countries ltke the United States,
they need the support of the international coiunutllty.
When push wmes to shove, delegates use all they can to get their
way. Cooper is not surprised to see

diplomats from smaller, less powerful countries use procedural rules to
get their way.

basket was tempting, but I was savingmyself for the main
event.
Looking at the pastas, I was tempted by the rigatoni
con funghi ($11.29), ngatoni with sautked mushrooms
and tomato sauce, and by the pasta con frutta di mare
($14.99), linguine with sautked lobster, shrimp, mussels
and crab in alfredo or tomato sauce. I ordered the mafalda
rustica ($14.29), unable to r e s t the allure of gotgonzola
cheese, one of my favourites.
What arrived at my table just as I finished the salad was
a huge platter of noodles with ruffled sides. The noodles
were generously dressed with a gorgonzola cream sauce,
tossed with tender smps of chicken breast and perfectly
cooked red and green peppers.
The highlight: numerous cloves of roasted garlic. Often, restaurants don't roast garlic long enough, so it's
crunchy and inedible. This garlic was golden brown, soft
and sweet. The cherry tomatoes arranged around the plate
were much more palatable than the tomatoes in the salad.
My companion ~rderedthe pepper steak pasta; surprisingly delicate penne in a pleasantly spicy sauce, accompanied by tender strips of beef, a generous amount of
sautked portobdlo mushrooms and a mixture of red and
green peppers.
Although I had to say the server's name to get his
attention so he would take my credit card, the service was
generally fast and friendly. We were so full we didn't look
at the dessert menu, both my guest and I brought home
plenty of leftovers. Next time, I may consider sharing a
meal since there is no surcharge for doing so.
Dinner for two with soft drinks, complimentarybread
and salad cost about $40 includmg tip.

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communications to helmets protect your head
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Smaller cellphones and satebtes that
stay in orbit longer are some of the
possibilities that new fundingfor UW
unll make possible.
The industrial research chair in
filter and switch technologies was
IaunchedTuesdayat UW. Theobjective of this research program is to
perform leading edge applied research at the forefront ofinnovation.
design and characterization of radio
frequencies filters and switches for
satellite and wireless systems.
Funding for the program is coming from two organizations:the Natural Sciences and Engmeering Research Council, providing $1d o n
over five years, and COM DEV International Ltd., contributing
$850,000. COM DEV is the largest
Canadian-based designer and manufacturer of space hardware subsystems, as well as a leadingproducer of
wireless infrastructure.
Chairholder for the new program
is UW professor Raafat Mansour of
electricaland computer engrineering.
From 1992to 1999,Mansourworked
for COM DEV where he managed
research projects as part of the' corporate research and development

Even though hockey players wear
helmets, concussionsremain a major
program. Mansour laid the ground- problem for both professional and
work for the development and com- amateurhockey p1ayers.A studylookputer aided design of filters and ing at injuries the sustained by playmultiplexers.
ers in the German Ice Hockey Fed"Filters and switches are crucial eration found that, although the
elements in wireless and satellite tech- number of facial injuries decreased
nology," explained Mansour. "The between 1986 and 1996,concussions
devices that my team is developing actually became more frequent.
will make communications technolThere are several reasons why
ogy smaller, faster and better. That concussionsare so common, includmeans cellphonesthat arelighter and ing the increased size and skating
bring us more services more effi- speed of players, the improper fasciently, and satellites that stay longer tening of the helmet, and the use of
in orbit and are more productive helmets that are damaged from rebecause the smallercommunications peated impacts.
devices leave more room for fuel."
A hockey helmet consists of a
Kevin Ainsworth, president and shell, a foam lining and an optional
chiefexecutiveofficerofCOMDEV face shield, cage, or combination viInternational Ltd. notes on the sub- sor and cage.
ject: "Theseuniversity-hasedresearch
The impact-resistantshell is made
and development programs play an of a polycarbonate polymer that disimportant role in COM DEV's cor- perses the force from an impact. If
porate research and development the shell has any visible cracks, the
plan. They are not only an important helmet shouldbe replaced. A hockey
source of theoretical knowledge in helmet should never be painted, beareas of study specific to next gen- cause the paint could hide cracks that
eration COM DEV products, but wouldindicate damage of the helmet
they also reinforce our continuing to the player.
close relationship with the local uniThe foam hung contains vinyl
versities as an important source of nitrile, which has been used for enour next generation of engineers and ergy absorption ever since the NHL
scientists."
began requiiing new hockey players
to wear helmets in 1979.V i y l nitrile
is ideal for absorbing low-energy imgames, calculators and a connection
port to the PC. It is the ultimate in
gadgets; and it comes with its own
AA batteries.

Neal Moogk-Soulis
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Microsoft and Sony
taken to court

Chalk this one up to another fiction
becomingtruth story.A Russiancompany, Ectaco, has released the Universal Translator UT-103. Using a
speech recognition system, it is able
to translatefromEnghshinto French,
German and Spanish. The UT-103
contains 14 different subjects and
includes 3,000 phrases and expressions that a traveller would need.
The UT-103 then repeats back the
phrase that is necessary for the sltuation. Think of it as a phrase book
that needs batteries.
The speech recognition system
was created using the voices of 700
differentnative-levelAmerican English speakersintheU.S. At this point,
slang and idioms are not recognized,
so don't count on your pick-up lines
being quickly translatable in the bar.
Selling for roughly $400 Cdn in
Europe, the UT-103 is roughly the
size of a small Walkman. It comes
with numerous options including

Immersion Corp., a leading developer and licensor of haptic feedback
technology,announcedMonday that
it has filed a patent infringement
lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment,
Inc, and Sony Computer Entertainment of America, Inc. Immersion's
complaint alleges infringement by
Microsoft's and Sony's use of haptic
technology in their popular video
gaming consoles, such as the
Microsoft XboxTM and Sony
Playstation@videogame systems, and
assodated controllers. accessories,
and software games with force feedback.
Haptic technology enables people to feel touch sensations while
interactingwith a digital display, like
a computer screen and a hardware
device such as a joystick or mouse.
Immersion's haptic technology,
brand-named TouchSensem, enhances the user experiencewith sight,
sound and touch simultaneously.
Market leaders such as Logtech,
Kensington and BMW are among

Immersion's many licensees. The
company's intellectualpropertypottfolio relates to a wide range of innovations for enabling haptics across
broad applications and markets.
Immersion's technology is licensed extensively within the computing and entertainment industry
and has recently expanded its licensees into the gaming console market
with partners such as MadCatz,
Saitek, and others. These partners
have developedmore than 40 touchenabled gamingperipherals currently
shippingforthe Mmosoft Xbox and
Sony Playstation platforms.

British Telecom claims
patent for hyperlink
BritishTelecom has fled a suit agiinst
Intemet provider Prodigy, claimifig
that it does not get compensation for
the use of an invention claimed by
BT: the hyperlink. Users of the
Intemet use hyperlinks any time they
move from one Web page to another. The company claimsthat every
US hyperlink is its intellectual property and therefore subject to alicensing fee. BT claims that it made a
patent applicationintheunited States
in 1989, meaning that it has until
2006 beforethe patent expires. When
an invention is patented, it means
that the inventor stands to get com-

pacts, such as aplayer falling or being
accidentally hit by a stick, and is
effective for multiple impacts.
Since 1996, expanded polypropylene has offered a second layer of
protection. Expanded polystyrene,
which is also usedin bicycle helmets,
can protect a player from the highenergy hits, such as being hit by a
puckor checkedinto theboards, that
aremost likely to cause a concussion.
The dlsadvantage to using expanded
polystyrene is that it is effective for
only a single impact, so the helmet
must be replaced after a high-energy
impact. (Similarly, bicycle helmets
should be replaced if they sustain an
impact. Even if the bicycle helmet
appears intact, its effectiveness at
preventing injury may be reduced.)
Face protection, which may con.sistofapolycarbonatepolymershdd,
a metal alloy cage, or a combination
of both is used to protect against

faaal injuries, mcluding eye iqunes
that could lead to blindness.
Helmets are currently tested for
unpact by dropping the helmet, with
a five-kdogram head-shaped insert,
from a haght of one metre. A sensor
measures the decelerauon caused by
the helmet. In order to meet the CSA
standard, the decelerauon must be
below a certam value. A study 1s
underway at McG~llUmvers~tyto
evaluate the durabdityofhockey helmets, because a helmet that 1s several
years old may not offer the same
level of protecuon as a new helmet.
In order for a helmet to protect
optunally, ~tmust fit snugly, so that lt
does not shift posiuon, and the chm
strap must be adjusted so that you
can fit no more than two fingers
between the chm strap and your chm.

pensated for their investment for the
first 15years before the technology is
considered in the public domain, and
free to use by anyone.
BT's patent describes the invention
rather
ambiguously.
"Informaton for display at a terminal
apparatus of a computer is stored in
blocks, the first part of which contains the information which is actually displayed at the terminal and the
second part of which contains information relating to the dlsplay and
which may be used to influence the
display at the time or in response to
a keyboard entry signal ... The invenbon is particularly useful in reducing the complexity of the operating protocol of the computer."
If successful,Prodigywouldhave
to pay BT for everytime one of their
clients clicked on a Web page
hyperhk.

fications to the natural landscape.
For many ski resorts, computergenerated models and d~gtallyenhanced photo simulations are becoming effectivetools for accurately
displa&g two-dimensionalplans in
three dimensions. This allows developers and regulators to visualize and
refine the proposed modifications
prior toimplementation to make sure
that there is minimal damage.
The SE Group is one such consulting company which has been involvedincomputer simulations. For
the Northstar-at-Tahoe ski resort in
California, the SE Group produced
3-D images of the proposed facilities
and grading requirements at each
location. A high level of activity occurs at Northstar'sBig Springs lodge
(at mid-mountain), including several
lift terminals, food services, ski
demos, ski school, tubing and other
snowplay activities.
To assist in the spatialplanning of
improvements,a 3-D modelwas produced to illustrate the juxtaposition
of proposed facilities and modified
existing facilities. The model was
extremely helpful in planning for the
appropriate spaces required for each
activity and illustratingthe final plan
in three dimensions, from several
viewpoints.

Ski resorts go high tech
for planning
In the past, when a ski resort wanted
to make a slu run, the trail blazer
would go to the top of the hill and
work his way to the bottom until
there was a finished run. Many times
this resultedin a "cut now look later"
hill, where trees were cut down where
they weren't needed. Mountain developmentinvolveslarge-scale modi-

The men's volleyball team's playoff
mn ended dramatically last 'Tuesday
in Widsor after batthg the Lancers
to the fifth and final set in the OUA
quarterhals.
The Lancers steamrolledthrough
the last set 15-1,pushing themselves
through to the OUA West division
fmal against Western.
After losing in three straight sets
to Laurier last week. the Warriors
were forced to face Western in the
last game of the year to cement a
playoff birth.
The Warriors lost to Western, but
fourth-placeGuelph could not catch
Waterloo, settmg up the quarterfinal
tilt behveen the Warriors and Lancers.
T'eteran right side Geoff White
said the Warriors "didn't play well at
all" against Laurier, who finished
fifth in the OUA West division.
"Consistency has been a hurdle
for us this year, but that's the fun of
making the playoffs," said White.
The Warriors fnished the regular

Men's basketball
Ryerson 74

Warriors 67

RMC 67

Warriors 80

Warriors 70

Windsor 83

Next: vs. Laurier. February 16.2 p.m.
Women's basketball
Ryerson 58

Warriors 53

Warriors 55

Windsor 41

Next: vs. Laurier, February 16.12 p.m.
Men's hockey
Western 9

Warriors 3

N a a : at Toronto, February 15,7:30 p.m
Men's volleyball
Warriors 0

Western 3

(25-18,25-22, 25-15)
Warriors2

Windsor 3

(25-16, 18-25.25-16.22-25. 15-1)
Women's volleyball
Western 3

Warriors 0

(25-14, 25-13, 26-24)
Squash (OUA team finals)
Gold:

Western

Silver: Queen's
Bronze: Warriors

Curling. OUA championships, at
Toronto. February 22-23, 8:30 a.m.
Track and field, at the University of
Michigan, February 15
Swimming, CIS championships at the
University of British Columbia,
February 21-24

season in thud place behind firstplace Western and second-place
Windsor.
The Warriors' loss meant that the
women's basketball team may be the
last fall-winter season team that wdl
make the playoffs. The women are in
third place, four points behind second-place Western and two points
ahead of Brock.
The women wdl play two games
against Windsor and singles against
Laurier and Western to round off
their regular season. Quarterfinal
games wdl be played February 26.
The men's basketball team still
has a shot at the post-season, but will
need to win both ofits games against
Windsor and h d a way to beat
Laurier in thc Gnal two weeks. They
slt in last place in the West dixision.
The men's hockey team will play
its final game tonight at Toronto and
will fLnish the season at the bottom
of the West- division and will not
qualify for the CIS mini-tournament
with Lauricr and Guclph.
Thewomen'sindoorhockey team
wdl defendits title at the OUA championships at York on hfarch 3.

Faulkner, Dupont lead OUA

Men's ball Warriors win

Skiers finish strong at ~rovincials

Women drop two against Mac, Ryerson

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Battling tough weather, the UW
nordlc ski team travelled to Sudbury
this past weekend to compete in the
OUA championships.
Justin Faulkner and Andrea
Dupont were named OUA all-stars
for their top 10 performances at the
championships.
The women's team finished in
fourth place and the men's team
sixth in a competition that was dominated by Lakehead University from
start to finish.
In Saturday's classic technique
race, Dupont was the top female,
h s h i n g seventh in the 5 km event.
$'e
scoring was rounded out by
Colleen Lynch, Mary Ellen Wood,
and Monica Henriques.
O n the men's side, Faulkner led
the way with a tenth place finish in
the 10 km race. The men's team
scoring was completed by Charles
Curtis, Matt Strickland, and Greg
Brigley.
The exciting relay competiaon
took place on Saturday afternoon
with three women sluing a 3.75 km
course, and three men on a 7.5 km
course.
The men's team was led off by
Faulkner, who maintained contact
and tagged off to Curtis in h r d
positioiT Curtis was able to break
away with the leader, and passed off
to Brigley in second position.

Brigley managed to hold on for a
fourth place finish for Waterloo's A
team. Waterloo's B team, composed
of Marty Hughes, Mike Code and
Strickland, had a strong finish in
ninth place.
The women's relay was a fastpaced event held over a short distance. Dupont led off for the women
and finished her leg tied for first
position with Lakehead's A team.
Lynch took over and gained a 15
second lead over the second team
for the Znchor, Wood.
Wood skied hard and finished in
third place, being overtaken by the
two stars of the weekend from
Lakehead and Laurentian.
At the end of day one, the women
were tied with Carleton for third
position, and the men were in fifth.
Sunday's free technique race was
held in difficult conditions as 10 cm
of snow fell on the trail over the
course of the morning.
In the women's 10 Jun event,
Dupont was the top Warrior inninth
place. The other scorers were Kelly
Skinner, Colleen Lynch, and Mary
Ellen Wood.
Faulkner was the top male, taking
eighth spot,with the s c o ~ g r o u n d e d
out by Curtis,Strickland, andBrigley.
Key performanceswereseen from
all Warriors with many having bestever placings in OUA competition.
The CIS championshipswill take
place in Canmore, Alberta at the
beginning of March.
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nine points and five rebounds and
Casie Kergan with seven points, five
rebounds and five steals. On Friday
night,the Wamors faced the Ryerson
Rams on home turf but dropped the
decision 58-53.
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Men's basketball: end losing
streak with win over RMC
In last Friday's match between the
Wamors and the Ryerson Rams, the
Warriors gained the lead in the second half, but the Rams hit a series of
key three pointers late in the game to
take the lead back and held on to win
74-67. Mili Miltdrag scored 16 points
and Graham Jatman and Dave
Munkley netted 12 each. On Saturday against RMC, the Wamors had
one of their best performances of
the season, winning 80-67. Leading
scorers for the game were Jarman
with I 6 and Paul Larsen with 15.

Women's basketball: drop
games to Mac, Ryerson

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Women's volleyball: downed
by Hawks, Mustangs
In their final game of the season, the
Warriors faced the second place
Mustangs. They put up a strong fight
but eventually fell (25-14,25-13,2624). Kelly McFater had 11 kills and
10 digs and Falkner had six kills and
four dlgs.

Swimming: Sweny qualifies

In H a d t t o n last Wednesday against
the McMaster Marauders the Warnors played well, however not much
could be sad about their offensive
efforts shootmg only 26.5 per cent
for the game leadmg to a 53-40 loss
to Mac. Top contributors were Julie
Devenny mth 19 points and SIX rebounds, Amanda aeswetter mth
3 1

In the Warriors last home game of
the season, they were overpowered
9-3 by the Western Mustangs. Richard Scott scored two goals and Mark
Robson added the single.

Canada sends 157 athletes
to Winter Olympics
Medals recorded in long track speed skating and pairs
skating, more expected in hockey, curling
Jay Dubecki
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The Canadian Olympic team has gotten off to
a slow start at the Winter Olvmpics
in Salt Lake
,
City, Utah. The Canadian contingent of 157
athletes has earned two medals after the completion of day six, which has them in tenth
place overall.
Lofty expectationswere placed on the team
by the Canadian Olympic Association going
into the games. The COA had stated that the
goal for Canada was a third overall finish,
which would be Canada's best showing in any
Winter Olympic Games. Canada's previous
best finish was a fifth overall at t h e ~ a p n o
games in 1998 with a total of 15 medals.
The COA's goal of a third-place fintsh has
been much criticized as not being realistic,
considering the power of the European nations and the resurgance of the US. team on
home soil.
Similar goals were placed on the Canadian
team at the Sydney 2000 Summer games and
the team fell short of them, the games were
considereddisappointmgfor Canada.The 2002
games in Salt Lake are beginning to mirror the
Sydney games but there is great potential for a
large Canadian medal haul in the second and
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final week of the competition.
The Canadian Olympic team has traditionally been a strong finisher at the Wmter Olympics, and these games should be no exception.
Despite the lofty goals of the COA, if all goes
according to plan, the Canadian team could
attain that thud-place goal.

Medal hopefuls
Here's a look at the legitimate Canadian
medal contenders that will compete m the
second week of the games. The bulk of Canada's successmweek two wdl come m the arenas
of Salt Lake.
Hockey represents the greatest guarantee
of a medal for Canada, but not m the men's
The women's team, barnng the upset of the
century, will bnng home no less than a sdver
medal. They will play the U S. in the gold medal
tinal and will need thar best effort to beat a
U.S team that has defeated rhem the last eight
times.

The men's team enters the games as the
gold medal favounte, but as mtnessed m
Nagano, Japan four years ago, there are five
other elite teams that will push the Cana&an
team to the h u t . It would be a disappomtment, but not a surpnse, if the men's team

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Warriors' Andrea Dupont skates through the bushes at the OUA championships
last weekend in Sudbury. Dupont and teammate Justin Faulkner were named
OUA all-stars after placing in the top ten at the championships. She finished
seventh in the 5 km event. Read about the nordic ski team's results on page 19.
came home unth no medal at all.
Curhg should provide Canada with a par
of medals Both, Kelly Law's women's team
and Kevm Mamn's men's team are the gold
medal favountes,and although there~sa chance
that they could be upset for the gold, they
should grab a medal
The two speed skaung venues will be m full
swmg dunng week two of the games, mth
Canada expectmg to do well Long track speed
skatmg wdl have two races dunng the second
week that Canada can expect to wm a medalm.
The men's 1,000m will offer world-record
holder and gold medal favourite Jeremy
Wotherspoon the oppomuuty to redeem himself after hts dsastrous fall m the 500m, which
he was also favoured to wm hhke Ireland IS
ranked thirdm the worldm the 1,000m so there
is the possibhty of a Canadian double medalm
thls disciphne
On the women's s~de,Canadian flag bearer
Catnona LeMay Doan will compete m the
1,00Om,an event mwhtch she is ranked number
one m the world. LeMay Doan will win a medal
barnng a fall
Short track speed skatmgis the most unpredictable gf all the Wmter Olympic sports where
falls com'e fast and funous Canada has always
brought home several medals on the short
track and, in many cases, this event has been
our savinggrace m the games This year should

be no different. Canada has a reahsac opportunity to wm six medals m the compeatton and
will be led by Olympic veteran Marc Gagnon,
who will be a double-medal threat
Men's aenal freestyle skungwdl carryon the
long tradition of the crazy Canucks Both Andy
Capick and Steve Omischi are senous medal
contenders, but look for only one medal between the two
Two new events in the Winter Olympics
thls year should help Canada m the medal
count Women's bobsled a a medal event for
the first &meever m the games, and Canadians
Chnstma Smith and Paula McKenzie are among
the medal contenders
Skeleton IS the other addimon to the games
that Canadian Jeff Pam is pleased to see Pam
is ranked fourth m the world and IS a d e h t e
possibil~tyto shp in to the top three for amedal
Undoubtably, not all of our medal contenders will wm a medal but, we should also count
on few surpnse medals from unherald Canadian competitors. Melame Turgoen has an
outside chance to win a medal m the women's
super G alpme skt race, and Dusttn Mohclu has
medal poten nalm the men's 1,500m long track
speed skatmg
In total there IS a legitmate chance at 19
medals for Canada m the second week If all
goes accordmgto plan, the COA goal of a third
overall finish may not be so lofty after all

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15,2002

Olympic judging is too subjective, biased
Sale and Pelletier, latest victims of a system that needs to change, graciously accept silver medal

Annette Bryndza
SPORTS COMMENTARY

The crowd is on their feet chanting
six, six, six, Sale's mother cries happy
golden tears, and the television announcers shout, "there's gold dust
sprinkled all over."
It's crystal clear to the layman's
eye that the Canadian pairs team of
Sale and Pelletier just won the gold
medal, breakingthe Russian's golden
streak of 10 consecutive Olympic
pairs titles. The only thing left to
confirm the win is the announce-

ment of the judges' marks, who are
sure to favour the Canadians after
Salt and Pelletier's flawless longperformance.
There's complete silence,and then
a roar of boos explodes across the
aulence as the marks are read. In a
crushing dtsappointment, the judges
gve lower than expected results for
the Canadans' presentation marks,
resulting in the Russians winning the
Olympic gold with a 5-4 split from
the judges. A Globe and Mail report
suggests there may have been a conspiracy in the judging.
Announcers and audtence members alike say it's highway robbery,
while others say it's an embarrassment to the sport. Just about everyone thought the Canadian pair deserved to win the gold medal. The

crowd knew it, the announcersknew
it, other skaters and skate professionals knew it, and most of all, the
Russian pairknewit.Salt andpelletier
have beaten the Russian pair of
Berezhnaya and Sdcharulidzeat four
of their last five competitions and
were favoured to win Canada's first
gold medal in figure skating in over
42 years. So, what happened? How
does a team who just skated the
performance of their lives lose to a
team that quite obviously did not
skate their best performance?
It all comes down to the judgment. In any sport where the marks
come from a panel of judges the
results are always left to interpretation, it is e n ~ e l ysubjective.Judges
w i t h their respective sports are
engulfed in all aspects of the game

and this unfortunately plays a huge
role in the forming of opinions long
before any competition. The judges
see the competitors at practice, they
see them in prior competitions, and
they hear about everythingthey don't
see.
It is not humanly possible for a
person, namely a judge, to be absolutely unbiased. No matter how hard
one tries to stay on neutral ground,
every person has his or her own
favourites. There were rumours long
before the Olympics began of
Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze being
the favourites among the judges and
the results proved that, as right or
wrong as it may seem.
As long as sports such as skating
continue to use the system that is

presently in place, the question of
fair play will certainly continue to be
raised in future competitions. How
the skating industry is to go about
changing a long tradition is in their
own hands, but Monday night's results are proof enough that a change
is needed.
Above everything that has been
said, it was remarkable to see the
poise and composure Salt and
Pelletier showed the world, graciously
acceptingthe silver medals. Whether
you believe they should have won
gold or not, you can not fault them
on their perfect performance both
on and off the ice.

Canada should win men's hockey gold
It has been a 50-year wait for our hockey nation to win top prize
Ryan Bouchard
SPORTS COMMENTARY

It has been 50 years since Canalans
have tasted Olympic glory in hockey.
This week, they will have a chance to
avenge their previous losses. Will
they do it? They can because of four
factors.

Lemieux-Sakic-Kariya
These three superstars were not
in the game against the Czech Republic back in 1998. Joe Sakic and

Paul Kariya were hurt and Mario
1,emieux had retired. All three would
have influenced the outcome,
whether they had scored in regulation time or in the shoot-out, they
would have made Canada win.
Iftheal-stargamethattookplace
a couple weekends ago was any in&cation, these three wdl play on the
same line.
Pat Quinn, coach of Team
Canada, was the head coach of the
Noah American all stars and put
Mario, Joe and Paul together on the
same line. They did not look dorni-

nant, but they have three games in
the preliminaryround before the real
games start and they should gain
great chemistry and help score important goals. In fact, this line could
he one of the best ever assembled in
hockey histoty.
The thought by some is that thts
line may be too soft. This is not true.
These three have the uncanny ability
not to get h t , and besides, with the
physical defensemen Canada bolsters, they d be safe.

This year a new opportunity was
available to University of Waterloo
snowboarders: the Waterloo
Snowboard Team. The WST is an
informal student team of
snowboarders, operated by riders
for riders who want to compete.
With the help of the Association of Ontario Snowboarders and
Boardpass.com, there was a series
of inter-university/coNege competitions for students only. Events
included boarder-cross (BX), giant
slalom, slope style and half-pipe.
There were no required practices or training, and riders of all
ability levels were encouraged to
come out and give it a try.The
snowboard team is based on riders
helping other riders improve.
The association was incorporated in 1998 to function as the
sport governing body for
snowboarding in Ontatio. The
association sanctions, monitors
and assists all competitive
snowboarding programs in the
province of Ontario.
Recognized as the provincial

body by the Canadian Snowboard
Federation, it is the goal of the
association to lead and coordinate
safe development and growth of
the sport of snowboarding in,
Ontario. Its mandate is to work for
the promotion and development of
recreational and competitive
snowboardmg within Ontario.
The first competition that
students from Waterloo attended
was a boarder-cross at Beaver
Valley on January 18. The course
was in great shape as 20 riders took
to the slopes at the inaugural event.
Overall, seven schools were
represented. There were eight
students from Waterloo that
competed in the men's division.
What is a boarder-cross?
A quick description: pretty
much a Chinese downhdl. It
consists of four people racing
shoulder to shoulder, through a
course filled with big jumps, gates
and other obstacles designed to eat
up snowboarders and spit them
out broken and tom. First rider to
the bottom wins. O'Neil and Mike
Ford were the top hrushers from
Waterloo. O'Ned has done a
handful of boarder-crosses in the
last couple of years and was ranked
fourth coming out of the qualifiers.
Mike, with all his racing
experience was easily one of the
fastest on the hill. He was well on
his way to winning his semi-final
heat to move into the final four

when he got taken out at the legs
by one of the other competitors
and fell midway down the course.
The results are: Mtke Ford, 7th
place; O'Neil Ford, 9th; J a ~ s
Strong, 11th; Stephen Holden,
13th; Hen& Oscarsson (Swedtsh
exchange student), 14th; Jonathan
Orazietti, 15th; Trevor Lee, 16th;
and, Jan Adachi aapanese exchange student), 18th.
The association university
college series continued on Friday,
February 8 at Talisman Resort for
the final scheduled event of the
series. It was another boarder-cross
competition with both novice and
open categories. There were 10
students from Waterloo that
attended this event.
In the novice race, Oscarsson
came in first and in the open
division Ford placed second and
Paul Horton came in third. Points
are awarded to each school for the
number of people that attended,
and for how each student ranked.
Overall Waterloo won with 27
points beating out Georgian
College (second place) and
Western (third place).
Special mention should be given
to everyone else who, with no
previous BX experience, came out
and gave it his or her best. Regardless of experience, everyone had a
good time.

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Rob Blake and Chris Pronger are the
two best over-all defensemen in the
NHL. Quinn had these two playing
together at the All-star game and
they looked good.
Bothmen have the ability tomake
60 feet, cross-ice passes look easy
and,with no red line in international
play, they should be able to display
that talent. Both are used to playing
30 minutes a game and in Salt Lake
they should be expectedto play even
more.
When these two are on theice, no
opponent is safe. Not only do they
have the offensive ability, both are
devastating checkers. Players will
think twice about cutting through
themiddle or standingin front of the
net. Pronger and Blake can change
the complexion of the game just by
being on the ice, and believe me, they
will be on the ice a lot.

backed out as coach at the last minute,
or because Gretzky wanted Quinn.
This much can be said, Quinn is
capable.
Quinn believes in an up-tempo
game and relies on speed and tight
forechecking to be successful. He
preaches this to his own team, the
Maple Leafs, and despite the fact I
am a die hard Leaf fan, Team Canada
has a little more skill than Toronto.
Team Canada players will love this
style since it stresses offence and
takes advantage of their glorious skill.

The final reason they will win gold is
because of Gretzky. Not because he
chose the team, but because the players want to win t h s one for him. No
Canadian will ever forget the image
of Gretzky sittingon the bench after
they lost to the Czechs. His face full
of sorrow and dismay from the realization that he would leave the game
,without a gold medal.
The players of 2002 know the
Coaching
disappointment he felt and many do
not want him to get blamed if this
There are a lot of non-Quinn fans in team does not win. Quinn should say
Canada. Most argue that Quinn in is pre-game speech, "Do it for
should not be the. coach and that your country, d o it for your
Scotty Bowman, the greatest hockey teammates, do it for yourself and
coach ever and maybe the best in most of all, do it for The Great One!"
sports history, should coach Canada. Not a single player on that team wdl
No argument here. Bowman would give less than 110 per cent knowing
have been a great fit for Canada; they are doing it for Wayne.
So Canada will win gold because
however, Wayne Gretzky chose
Quinn. Perhaps this stems back to of those reasons listed above. Who'
the 1996World Cup when Bowman d Canada's opponent be in the

gold medal game? This writer beheves in will be the United States and
looking back to 1996 when the U.S.
beat Canada in the World Cup on
Canadian so4 Canadawillbe pumped
up. Revenge will be sweet.
Ryan Bouchard is a thirdyearmmmnications student at York Uniuemj,.

The Waterloo StageTheatrehas been
the hottest spot north of Havana
since its production of Copacabana
opened in mid-January. The musical
is an ambitiousproject to be taken on
by such a small theatre, but director
Brian McKay's cast and crew manage to pull off a surprisingly impressive show.
Barry Manilow's tribute to the
1940s cabaret scene deserves, ideally, a huge stage and a f
d
lorchestra.
The Waterloo Stageproductionloses
some of the bigness
of the musical
numbers, however, by replicatmgthe
brass and woodwind instruments on
a synthesizer. Unfortunately, the
WST's small stage also leaves the
dance numbers looking cramped.
The talentedcastmanagesto overcome these obstacles, though, and
the result is A show bursting with
energy and enthusiasm. The dance
numbers are extremely well choreographed by Jim White and equally
well executed by a team of talented
performers. The demanding vocal
requirements of this musical are also
easily met by the talented cast.
The end result is a playlist of
infectious Latin rhythms that leaves
the audience tapping its feet.
Cupumbana is an extrapolation of
Barry Manilow's 1978hit song ofthe
same name, a tribute to the worldfamous nightclub in New York City

where "music and passion were always the fashion."
The story follows Lola, a farmgirl
fromTulsa, Oklahoma,as she travels
to the Big Apple in the hopes of
fulfiUtng her dreams of dancing. On
herroad to stardom shemeets Gladys
(an aging Copa girl herself),Sam (the
kind-hearted nightclub owner), and
Tony, Copacabana's chivalrous
pianoman and bartender.
Of course, it's a love story, and
when Lola is kidnapped by
Copacabana competition from Havana's Tropicana, Tony and Sam
come to the rescue
The last scenes are a flurry of
inter-club rivalry and heroic feats of
daring, and the h e from Madow's
song - "There was blood and a
single gunshot, but just who shot
1s answered.
who?"
Thom Speck and Kaue Grube
put in solid performancesin the challenging lead roles of Tony and Lola,
although some of the most impressive moments come from the supporting cast.
Especially outstanding is Tenja
Hagenberg as Gladys;her charismatic
stage presence and powerful voice
are a delight to witness. She takes full
advantage of her one real solo, captivating the audience with her explosive rendition of "When You're a
Copa Girl" - a song that captures
the essence of the 1940s showgirl
mentality.
Tony White is delightfully endearing as Sam, the nightclub owner and

father-figue to Lola, and
his character especially
shines in his song 'Who
Am I Kiddmg?' On another note, White and
Hagenbergdo an excellent
job putting forward the
comic relief required-of the
two characters they play.
Musicians Jacquelin
Sadler, Peter DeSousa an
Andy MacPherson offer a
nearly flawless backbone to
the more prominent actors,
singers and dancers.
Again, the "orchestra"
would benefit from a more
complete instrumentation.
After all, what's Latin music
without blaring trumpets?
The sets, although somewhat modest inappearance, are
nevertheless impressiveintheir
functionality.
,4 looming spiral staircase that
seems to have been sidedwith tinfoil
(which hardly reflects the glitz and
glamourof a swankynightclub)slides
fonvard at one point, carrylng actors
through a cloud of fog.
Dozens of seamlessscenechanges
are facilitated by two revolving platforms on either side of the stage,
wh~skingthe audience from train station to nightclub, from Broadway to
Havana.
Costume designers Sue Scott and
Shdey Martin have done a commendable job ofconsolidating 1940s
fashion sense with modern-day aes-

Copacabana runs at the Waterloo
thetic. A colourful, creative wardrobe mixed with countless costume Stage Theatre until Saturday Februchanges produce an endless parade ary 16.Tickets range from $16 to $28
of showgirl outfits and mafia garb.
and can be purchased by phone at
Onthewhole,C~acabanaisafun, 888-0000 or on the Web at
engaging performance that extends www.waterloostagetheatre.com.
beyond Barry Manilow's usual fan
demographic.
jtaylor@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Hey, hands off mv FASS

Actors make good despite
absurdity of plays

Adrian I. Chin

Lauren S. Breslin

IMPRINT STAFF

In their 40th year of producing irrev
erent musical comedies, FASS continues to delight and entertain audiences. T h ~ syear's production, entitled D i d F j r FASS, was placed in
the hands ofhrst-timedirectorJoanne
Cope. In her dxectorial debut, Cope
manages to display her good sense of
style as she captures the bleak and
brooding mood of a typical f
ilm noir
and blends it with the FASS trademark parody musical numbers and
comedy,
The scriptwriting began way back
in the spring, headed by chief
scriptwriter Paul Woodard. With the
contribution of a number ofwriters,
they were able to put together a great
script incorporating all the factors
that makeup detectivedrama. Introducing this successful formula into
the UW setting, where socially inept
mathies and over-zealous activists
run rampant, resulted in an effective
module forhilarity.Thescript is bursting with memorable one-liners and
parody, along with references to pop
culture and product placement.

The story revolves around the
mysterious death of Victor Tymn
(John E7ieczorek),who was found
strangled by a trademarkmathe pink
tie. HISwife, Roberta Tymn (Came
Palesh) turns to NickNack (Michael
Smyth), a private investigator and
former flame of Roberta's. Eventually, as the plotunfolds, the play goes
into overdriveand all sorts of characters are introduced into this entmgled web of a story. Thrown in are
ninjas, jugglers, protestors, orcs, disgruntled Kitchener residents, serial
killers and, of course, the powerful
but oh-so-cursedstar-spangledduck.
There were 14 musical numbers
to keep the audience entertained.
While some songs fell a little flat,
most were well rehearsed and well
choreopphed. Some parodied songs
include "Jesus Christ Superstar," by
Webber and Rice; "America," from
West Side Stoly; and "Time of Your
Life," by Green Day. The most
memorable song had to be the rendition of "We'll Show Pink's Blue,"
sung to the tune of "We Will Rock
You" by Queen.
There were many memorableperformances by the cast, and some

outstandmg ones include Palesh and
Smyth for their roles as Roberta and
Nick.
Heather Macdonald also had a
superb onstage presence with her
portrayal of a wise-cracking, tapdancingnun.Nathanael Gibbs played
a wonderful Joseph Cross, the famous prancing private eye.
Jonathan Dietrich shone on the
stage as Professor Sam Diamond, a
socially challenged individual. He
brought great sympathy to his character, which reminded me that
mathles do have feelings too. Alison
Luby played an excellentToniTymn.
' m a t else can I say but 'wow,' this
gal has measurements that are all
prime numbers."
PASS has turned 40 and is std
going as strong as ever. The energy
put into such a large production in
such a short time is somethmg to be
noted. The group's enthusiasm and
mishmash of talents make for wonderful and entertaining spectacles.
Now if they would only stop making
fun of the pcoplc who appear in
Imprint? campus question.

IMPRINT STAFF

With performances of varying quality and absurdity, UWDrama'slatest
triple-bill, Absurd Person Plural, plays
itself out like a saga of despair, creating a unique and challengingevening
for the audience.
Runninguntd Saturday, February
16, the roster starts off with Samuel
Beckett's P l y (directed by Gerd
Hauck), a quintessentialshowcase of
the playwright'sloveofexperimental
drama. Performed with complete
abandonment of character and setting, Play tells the story of a sordid
love triangle involving a man, his
wife, and his mistress.
The intriguing performance features three large urns with a green
headprotrudmg from each: the head
ofAndy Trithardt between the heads
of Munira Murphy and Stacey
Bartlett.
Standing in complete darkness,
the motionless heads are prompted
by an overhead spotl~ght,and when
Illuminated, each character narrates
h&or her own bitter version of their
tryst .

Typical of Beckett's later preoccupation with the art of minimalism,
this performance cuts the storydown
to the bare essentials. The performers recount their story at breakneck
speed, completely devoid of inflection or emotion.
This aggressivepacemakesitq~ute
difficult to digest the dialogue right
off the bat, but to respond to this
problem, the story in its entirety is
performed twice -the second time
around bearingnovariation from the
first.
,4s Beckett always sought to protect his work from deconstructionists,
I shall spare you (and him) my own
interpretations of the text. Suffice it
to say that an enigmatic work such as
this must be seen to be understood,
and must be experienced to be appreciated.
Kudos must be given to the actors for their rhythmic and staccato
performances. As the direction demands, they stay on point, rendering
Beckett's dark humour with an appropriate sense of impersonality and
detachment.
See ABSURD, page 25

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15,2002

'

All's well that ends well
Awkward staging does not detract for music lovers
historical accuracy detracted from
the pure musical experience.
Russel Braun, playing the Count,
When thinking about the Marriage oj' clearly had top hilling and lived up to
Fiq,one could summarizethe com- h s reputation. As one of Canada's
finest lyric baritones, Braun was able
plicated plot line either by saying, "to
to portray a deep and reflective chartrust a woman is sheer madness," or
acter, breaking from the sometimes
perhaps,more optimistically,"inlove
conventionalcomicalinterpretation.
shall we all be content."
In this complex drama of love, His cornmandingperformance,both
cheating, loving again, cheating, ille- vocally and through his sheer presence, was able to convince the audigitimate children, loving with your
ence that the Count really does beillegitimate child, loving some more,
cheating,and finally loving, theviewer lieve he is in control of his life and
that he has fooled all those
is unsurewhether Mozart's settingof
around him.
daPonte was attemptingto add drama
This house of cards eventually
to the happy ending or simply dwellcrashes down, but Braun, through
ingon the painful journey we allmust
his lush and rich tones, was able to
endure to be happy in the end.
The plot is-master the sincerhardly a simple
ity and emotion
of the role
one. Figaro,
a "While the story
throughout the
servant, loves
may not be easy to
and wishes to
descent from
follow, the clear
majesty to apolowhoislustedafbeauty of the music getic lover.
terby thecount,
Laura Whalen
who is loved by shines through."
was not quite as
his wife, thk
convincing in her
Countess, who
characterization
is lusted after by the page boy, who is
of the cunning and forgiving Counloved by Barbarina, whois also lusted tess. It should be noted that Mozart
after by the Count.
was hardly kind when scoring the
In the end, after the Count tries to
operatic arias for the full lyric soprevent the marriage of Figaro and
prano. However, Whalen's inconSusanna, and after it is revealed that
sistency with the difficult tessitm-a
Figaroisreally ofnoble birrh (despite marred her ability to convey the nothe fact that his mother who aban- bility and weghty statureof this comdoned him as a child had since fallen manding monarch.
in love with him and attempted to
Perhaps most apparent in, the
disrupt his impending wedding), the
Countess's performance, the opera
Count rediscovers his love for his was weakened by poor staging,which
wife, Figaro can marry Susanna, and
used contrived actions to convey
Figaro's birth parents share in a douemotion, substituting props and
ble wedding with their newly discovblocking for a weighty and comered son and daughter-in-law.
manding performance from
Whde the story may not be easy to
the players.
follow, the clear beauty of the music
The vocal technique and colour
shines through to highlight for the
weren't allowedto find their fullforce,
listener and viewer the magic of opcreating an inconsistency between
era, where seeing is truly. believing. the clear strength of the instrument
This particular production, staged at
and theinstrument's depiction of the
the Centre in the Square by Opera
character.
Ontario on Februarv
This was exacerbated by an an, 8., was verv
muchin keepingwith themusicalgift
gled design, which created a false
Mozart intended this work to be.
weakness within the posture of the
However, poor staging and a lack of
actors. Although this in some cases
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compensated for by the strength of
the artists, namely Russell Braun,
other characters often appeared &minutive or shallow due to the clear
constant stress of physical imbalance. With a clear licence forwhimsy
and fantasy,SusannaandFigarowere
able to successfully highlight the
emotionalrollercoaster of their everdeveloping love story.
Despite the awkwardness of the
set design, subrette Jennie Such and
baritone Andrew Tees delighted the
audience as a comedic servant duo,
displaying their more edgy and less
refined political and relational commentary.
Another fault of this varticular
production was historical inaccuracies that depicted a bumbling Figaro
and a flighty Susanna who, by sheer
happenstance and luck, were able to
successfully wed despite their class
differences.
Adeeperreadingmighthavegiven
these characters more strength in
understanding the incessant desires
of their masters and their ability to
manipulate them for their own advantage.
No matter what the reading, this
opera was clearly a delight for music
lovers, featuring energetic, bombastic and constantly evolving melodies
and phrases.
The audience was constantly distracted by a plethora of characters,
not only further complicating the
plot, but also adding musical depth
and wonderful moments of singing.
Like the comedic acting of young
up-and-coming Jennifer Enns and
Allison Ems, this all-Canadan cast
grabbeda hold ofthe audience,twisting and turning them with musical
revelry through an equally twisted
yet fantastic plot.
Whether a story of cunning
women and their easy manipulation
of men, or a story of the power of
love to prevail, the ongoing saga of
this opera was always a delight and
was, with a few minor exceptions,
excellently staged for a receptive and
grateful audience in K-W.

DAY NIGHTS
0 0 t h h i o h
NIGHT LONG
c o v e r
H E C O R N E R OF

Hockey films score
at Princess
Caitlin Sharpe
IMPRINT STAFF

Straightforward isn't a term you'd
normally associate with the
Rheostatics. The Toronto aa-rockers have a tendency to go for the
extreme, whether it is a lavishly orchestratedchildren's record or a rock
opus telling the story of the Group
of Seven.
On Saturday, February 23, the
Rheostatics are taking over the Princess Cinema in Waterloo for the "ultimate hat-trick:" an action packed
evening of hockey, books, movies
and music.
The eveningwillbegin with Rheostaac Dave Bindi reading from his
latest book Tropic of Hocky: My
Searchfor the Game in UnLkeb Phces.
Following the reading, the presentation of two Canadian hockey f
ilm
classics, The Sweater, based on Roch
Carrier's story, and Face-08 a 1972
feature film. After the ÂŁilmscreenings the Rheostatcis will take the
stage for a full rockin' live concert.
I had the chance to catch a sneak
preview of Face-05 and all I can say
is if you love hockey, this is a night
you don't want to miss.
Scott Young bases Face-08 dlrected by George McCowan, on his
book. It is ranked as one of the
greatest hockey ficks ever made, as

long as you have some knowledge of
the hockey legends of yesteryear. The
film stars Art Hindle as Billy Duke, a
small-town kid breaking into the big
leagues with the Toronto Maple
Leafs.
Billy becomes tom between h s
team and his love for Shem. a ditzv.
yellow sports car driving hippy pop
star (played by Trudy Young).
Sherri opens Billy's eyes to the
world around him while he tnes to
show her the glamour, not the violence, that comeswith being a hockey
star.
Worlds collide when Billy learns
about Sherri's past, and it all comes
to and end in a beautifully tragic way.
Despite some fashion, music, and
melodrama misdemeanors, the ÂŁilm
nonetheless benefits from strong
writing and some truly exciting real
NHL footage, circa 1971.
The film is full of appearances
from greats like Bobby Orr, Bobby
Hull, Gordie Howe, Phil Esposito,
Dave Keon, Jean Beliveau, Bobby
Baun, Stan Makita and many others
who needless to say, leaves the acting
calibre at a little lower than desired.
Unquestionably,this is amust see
event for hockey fans of all ages, so
dry your eyes and put on something
warm; it's t h e to hit the ice.
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And the Oscar goes to..
Rachel E. Beattie
IMPRINT STAFF

Whether you are an award show
junkie or a cynical curmudgeon who
believes award shows are just big ol'
popularity contests, there is no denying the importance of the Academy
Awards to the entertainment world.
Early Tuesdaymorning the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences kicked off the season of
Oscarmania by announcingthenominations for the 74th Academy
Awards. As usual, the nominations
contained some surprises and met
some expectations. Here's a breakdown of the major nominations.
The long-awaitedLord ofthe Rings:
Fellowship of the Ring led the pack witb
13 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director (Peter Jackson)
and Best Supporting Actor (Ian
McKellen).
Ron Howard's biopick, A BeautifilMind, grabbed eight nominations
includingBest Picture,Best Director
(Howard),Best Actor(Rus,sellCrowe)
andBest SupportingActress(Jennifer
Connelly). Gosford Park garnered
seven nominations including Best
Picture, Best Director for Robert
Altman and Best SupportingActress
for both Helen Mirren and Mame
Smith. Sundance film festival darling,
In the Bedmom earned fivenominations including Best Picture, Best
Actor (Tom Wilkmson), Actress
(Sissy Spacek) and Supporting Actress (Marissa Tomei). Baz
Luhrmann's fantasticalMoub Rouge
also collected seven nominations includingBest Actress (NicoleKidman)
and Best Picture, although surpris-

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ingly not Best Director for Baz
Luhrmann.Apparently the Academy
thinks that the innovative restructuring of the musical format in Moulin
Rouge was achieved by movie elves.
There were several sumrises in
the nominations. The biggest surprise, in my mind, was the sheer
number of nominations that Lord of
the Rtniamassed. It was a shoe-in for
the techmcal categories like Visual
Effects and Makeup, but the Best
SupportingActor nod was a surprise.
TrainingDq, alittle-seen fdm from
the fall, got nominations for Best
Actor and Supporting Actor for
Ethan Hawke (isn't Ethan Hawke
getting an Oscar nomination a sign
of the apocalypse?Who's next,Keanu
Reeves?) and Denzel Washington.
Renee Zellweger's nomination
was a pleasant surprise. It is nice to
see the Academy remember a stellar
performance from early 2001, and
one in a comedy at that.
Another surprise was the nomination of Ghost World - Terry
Zwigoff and Daniel Clowes share a
nomination for Best AdaptedScreenplay. It is great to see such a daring
and origmal film get some recogniaon. But1 suppose aBest Supporting
Actor nomination for SteveBuscemi
for his role in Ghost World was too
much to ask for.
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The nomination for Best Original
Screenplay by Wes Anderson and
Owen Wilson for The Royal
Tannenbaumswas well deserved. The
filmwasone ofthemost entertaining
and quirky h s of 2001.
There was disappointment for
Canadtan film lovers as the Inuit film
Atanar3;uat, the Fast Runner, which
swept the Genies earlier this month,
was not nominated for Best Foreign
Language Film. However, the NFB
did manage to get a nomination for
Cordell Baker's hdarious short animated film, Strange Invaders.
There were several dtsappointments, besides the snub of Baz
Luhrmann. If ever a movie deserved
to be nominated for Best Song or
Best Score it was Moub Rouge.
Joel and Ethan Cohen's stunning
period piece The Man Who Wasn't
There was rightfully nominated for
cinematography, but was shut out of
all other categories.
Hardly surprising, but nonetheless dtsappointing, was the shutout
of John Cameron Mitchell's incredible performancein the rock and roll
classic Hedwig and the Angy Inch.
Tilda Swinton was also ignored
for her critically lauded role in The
Deep End. Gene Hackman was expected to be nominated for his
comedtc and touching role as the
irresponsible patriarch in The Royal
Tannenbaums,and he too was shut out
of the nomations.
New h s year was the category
Best Animated Feature. It was nice
to see the Academy recognize the art
of animation in feature films,but it is
puzzling that Richard Linkletter's
critically-acclaimedopus WakingLife
was not nominated. I find it hard to
believe thatl i m y Neutmn:Boy Genius
was superior to Linkletter's film.
LLke it or not, the Oscars are a
major event in the cultural calendar.
Another famous Oscar (Wilde) said
that awards are just badges of mediocrity. That's probably true, but he
also said, "The only h g w o r s e than
beingtalked about is not being talked
about."
The Academy Awards d be
handed out on Sunday, March 24.

Absurd: enigmatic and curious
ABSURD, from page 23

The Loveliest Afternoon of' the Year
(directed by Erica L. McNiece) is one
of Canadan playwrightJohnGuare's
lesser efforts, especially when
matched against his popular later
works like Six Degrees oJ Separation.
Ajernoon explores the terrain of urban fantasy by uniting an effervescent bachelorette (Erika Sedge) with
a neurotic weirdo (Brad Goddard) as
they begin a romance in the park.
Characterizedbvtwistedelements
of horror, the story begins when the
oddball couple meet each other on a
Sundayafternoon. The girlis feeding
CrackerJack to the pigeons while the
guy is munchingthem off the ground.
After realizing that he's not a robber,
she warms up to the mysterious fellow as he begins to regale her with
one twisted tale after another.
With a story as implausible as its
characters, there are a lot of funny
moments. Goddard's antics and
Sedge's desperation pollute the
wholesome sanity of the park setting.
Sedge, in particular, delivers a
stand-out perfomlance, making the
most of her character's wide-eyed
perkiness. Much in the same way,
Goddard amuses as he performs as
her eccentric counterpart.
In Harold Pinter's TheDumb Waiter
(directed by Marc Andrt Barsalou),
two Cockney-speaking hit men sit
idle in a basement awaiting instructions for their next assignment. As
they laze about the room, the two
men engage in high-brow, seemingly
irrelevantarguments,whilebeing frequentlyinterruptedby a dumb waiter

-that is, a small elevatorin the wall.
We soon find out that the shabby,
windowless room is actually the
lower-level of a restaurant, and each
time the dumb waiter compartment
pays a visit, the men find a piece of
paper with a food order. Odd.
The assignment, whch is made
clear at the end, serves as the play's
climactic twist, but comes across as a
confusing summation of a story that
drags on and goes nowhere. Pinter's
script tries to create an atmosphere
of edgmess and discomfort, which is
conveyed here. At best, the show
plays out like a character study oftwo
opposingpersonalities,one ofwhom
wears theiciness of an assassin on his
sleeve, while the other is a loveable
goof.
Althobgh the accents are somewhat muddled, Cowper-Smith and
Gagnon offer anintelligentportrayal
of Ben, the standoffish sophisticate,
and Gus, the slack-jawed simpleton.
Gaponis perhaps themostinteresting part of the show, playmg the
cold-blooded kdler, who, in his private moments, embodies many childlike qualities.
In spite of some clever dialogue
and character interactions, the play
comes across as a half-baked parody
ofBeckett's Waitn~orGodot.Through
no fault of the actors, who seemed to
make the most of theu roles, this
performance seems incomplete. But,
as the b d boasts an evening of absurdity,perhaps the open-endedness
of this play works for the production
rather than against it.

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found on the ChemicalBrothers fifth
LP release.The problemis Come With
Us fails to direct the listener to an
unknown like previous releases.With
10 tracks and just under 55 minutes
of music, there is a lot to discover on
thealbum; however, most ofit comes
out flat. The first single, "It Began in
Afrika," seems to meander around
aimlessly and does not really go anywhere special. The second single,
"Star Guitar," is not very memorable
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like "Setting Sun" and "Life is Sweet."
Now, I may have painted a tragic
picture for this album, but in fact it is
not all terrible. The last track, "The
Test," with vocals by Richard
Ashcroft, proves to be the highlight
of the album.
Ashcroft is in peak form with
lyrics such as, "I'm seeing waves
breaking forms on my horizon/ I'm
shining" and the Brothers accompany this with some celestial sounds.
Another standoutis "The StateWe're
In," featuring Beth Orton yet again.
She continues the trend she began
with such tracks as "Alive Alone"
and "Where Do I Begin?
Fans of previous releases may find
themselves slightly let down. The
Chemical Brothers have the ingenious talent to build up a song to an
unmatched intensity, where the listener can sense something special
(e.g.s: "Sunshine Underground and
"Private Psychedelic Reel"). Unfortunately, Come With Usfails to achieve
this. Stay with your herd and leave
this album behind.
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Miles and miles of Davis CDs

CKMS AIRHEADS
Every jazz fan knows about Mdes
Davis and his incredibk legacy, not
only to jazz but to music at large.
During hls 45-year recording career
he was at the forefront of jazz
evolution. From be-bop to jazz/
rock fusion, he led the way, either
by himself or in consort with a
handful of other jazz visionaries.
Davis had three or four major
musical shifts in direction during
his career. Likely the most dramatic
took place during 1969 and 1970.
It was at this critical juncture that

he essentially turned his back on
jazz tradition almost entirely. Davis
chose at this time to meld together
some of the piimal, guttural
aspects of rock, particularly in the
bottom end, rhythms, drums and
the bass. To that he added the jazz
groove and virtuosity of his handpicked band mates. Thus was born
the jazz/rock fusion as we came to
know it.
In the space of 14 months, from
February 1969 to April 1970, Davis
would record three LPs. Starting
with In A Sdent W g on to Bitches
Brew and ending with Jack Johnson.
Out of recording sessions and
tours around these LPs wodd
come much of the jazz fusion
movement. Weather Report,
Return To Forever, Mahavishnu
Orchestra and Herbie Hancock all
featured members from Davis's
band.
This penod of music is being
held under a wide-angle music
microscope. Already there has
been the release of a four-CD
complete Bitches Breu, and a twoCD set of complete In A Sihnt
Wg. Both feature lots of previously unreleased material. Some of
it is fabulous and some is only
okay. For the average Davis fan, ,
the originals of those two LPs will
suffice nicely.
Whtch brings me to this latest
release from the Davis vaults,
which are, no doubt, quite large
with lots of previouslyunreleased
material. The newest is Live at the
Fillmore East (March 7, 1970).
Whether or not this is essential
stuff for the casual or average jazz
fan is open to some debate.
However, that being said, this
concert recording is certainly
noteworthy for several reasons.
Consider for instance that it

would s d l be a couple of months
before Bitches Brew was released.
Most any audience would have
been u n f a d a r with and unprepared for what was to come. Also,
just to set the scene, Davis and his
band were opening for Steve Miller
and Neil Young at &IS rock palace.
Also, within the context of
Mdes Davis band history, this date
and recording are significant.
March 7,1970 would mark the last
time that saxman Wayne Shorter
would play with Davis. a s , after
some seven years in various Davis
ensembles.After this night, he
would hook up with another Davis
alumnus,Joe Zawinul, to form
Weather Report.
These recordmgs also represent
some of the very few (studio or
live) albums to have this specific
sextet. And what a lineup it was! In
addition to Shorter and Davis, we
have Chick Corea on keyboards,
Dave Holland on bass, Jack
Dejohnette on drums and Airto on
percussion.
So then, what are we to make of
the recordings themselves?Well,
they're powerful, urgent, raw,
vibrant and challenging. They are,
in my opinion, not for the casual
listener. These are for the die-hard
Davis fans, those who want to sit
down with headphones on, turn it
up loud and get lost in a Davis
concert experience from an
amazing time in his career.
There is a lot of truly fabulous
stuff here, but keep in mind the
live shit has a lot more edge to it.
Perhaps the casual fan should listen
to the studio trilogy from this
period first before dipping their
'feet in the deep blue funk that was
Miles Davis live.

TOEFL Preparation Course The Test of Enelish as a Foreien
Language (TOEFL) course begins
January 15 and ends March 21.
Classes are held every Tuesday
and Thursday from 2-4:30 p.m.
This 10-week course is designed
for people taking the TOEFL
exam. The course fee is $91 and
includes the course book. Register
at the International Student Of$ fice, NH 2080, or call ext. 2814
for more detalls.
AttentionUndergraduateStudents
-interested in applymg for undergraduate scholarsh~ps,awards or
@ bursaries? Check out the Bulletm
@ Board on the Student Awards Off ~ c e home page at: htrp://
www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/
infoawards1 for a detailed 11st of
awards open for applicat~onthis
term. Further information is avadable
at the StudentAwardsOffice, 2ndfloor,
Needles Hall.
Accounting Students' Education Contribution (ASEC)presents Volunteer Tax
Clinic on Wednesday, March 13 to

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Friday, March 15 from 11:OO a.m. to
3:00 D m . in SLC Great Hall. Let us do
your tax returns for FREE!
Advocating for Wellness - an interactive health fair with women who promote health and wellness in our community. Sunday, March 3, 2002 from
12:OO to 4:00 p.m. at the Waterloo
Memorial Rec Complex. For more info
call Dianne at 576-8447.
Like music? Got school spirit? Join the
Warrior's Band. No experience required, just a little spare time and a
friendly attitude. Thursdays 5:30 p.m.
Blue North PAC. E-mail Tim Windsor
at tpwindso@yahoo.com or 880-0265.
The call for nominations for undergraduate student representatives to Senate closed at 3:00 p.m., Friday, January
18, and the results are: Acclaimed:
Applied Health Sciences (term from
May 1,2002 to April 30,2004): Adrian
Chin (Kinesiology). Engineering (term
from May 1,2002 to April 30, 2003):
Jenny Lin (Systems Design Engineering). Environmental Studieshdependent Studies (term from May 1,2002 to
April 30,2004): Nayan Gandhi (Urban
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No nominations were received for the
Arts and Science seats, terms from May
1,2002 to April 30,2004. There will be
an election for the at-large seat (term
from May 1, 2002 to April 30, 2004):
the nominees and their statements:
Durshan Ganthan, Arts: My name is
Durshan Ganthan, and I am running for
the at-large seat on the Senate. Putting
the best interests of students first is my
priority, which I have done this year in
my capacity as a Residence Don. Craig
Sloss, Applied Mathematics/Pure Mathematics: Craig Sloss is a voice opposing
tuition deregulation, while advocating
that the growth of the University should
not reduce its quality. As a third-year
student majoring in Pure and Applied
Mathematics, his academic experience
includes acting as both a Research Assistant and a Teaching Assistant. At
Renison College, where he resides, Sloss
is the President of the residence Student
Council, and sits on the College's Board
of Governors. He has also chaired the
Renison Orientation Committee, and is
beginning his second term as a member
of the Federation Orientation Committee. Douglas Stebila, Combinatorics &
OptimizatiodComputer Science: Hi!
My name is Douglas Stebila, and I'm a
3B Honours Math student in C & 0 and
CS. My previous student government
experience includes terms on the Feds
Board of Directors and students' Council, the Dean of Math Nominating Committee, and the St. Jerome's Student
Union. I currently sit on the University
Committee on Student Appeals and
MathSoc Council. I'm also involved with
the FASS Theatre Company. I'm concerned about the possibility of completely deregulated tutition (as Queen's
University is proposing) and continued
enrolment growth. I'd also like to see
more opportunities for research in undergraduate programs. To obtain information about the online voting process
for the above Senate seat, as well as for
Students' Council and Federation of
Students' Executive seats, visit the Fed-

eration of Students' website at http://
www.feds.uwaterloo.ca. From 4:30
p.m., Friday, February 8,2002 to 4:30
p.m., Friday, February 15,2002, elgible
students will be able to select this web
site and, using their student Quest userid
and password, vote from any computer,
on or off campus.
Impnnt Publications, the student
newspaper of the University of
Waterloo needs volunteer Board
of Director applicants for the term
beg1nnmgApr111,2002. The positfon i s a one year commitment
with many opportunities and
achievements to be had. If you are
interested in the President, Vice
President, Secretary, Treasurer or
Staff Lia~sonposition, please submit your Letter of Intent to the
Boardof D~rectorsat Imprint PuhI~cations,Un~versityof Waterloo,
@ Student Life Centre. room 1116.
Questions can be e-mailed to
board@imprint.uwaterloo.ca.
Volunteer tutors are needed to
tutor students on a one-to-one basis in
written and oral English. Tutors meet
students on campus for one term, usually once a week for two hours. If you
have a good working knowledge of
English, are patient, friendly, dependable, and would like to volunteer, register at the International Student Office, NH2080. For more information
about the program, please call extension
2814
or
e-mail
darlene(u'admmail.uwaterloo.ca.
Big Sister Match Proaram: needed in)mediately: Big Sister volunteers. Over
60 children waiting for a friend. Help
make a difference by spending 3 hours
a week with a child. Inquire re: our
short term match program. Car an asset. Call 743-5206 to;egister.
Volunteers reauired - are vou able to
volunteer a few hours weekly during
the school day? The Friends Service at
CMHA matches volunteers with children who need additional support in
their school setting. Please call 744.
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Your time is valuable. At the Distress
Centre you can volunteer providing
confidential supportive listening to individuals in distress. We provide complete training. Call today. 744-7645,
ext. 317 or www.cmhawrb.on.ca.
Help kids succeed with homework! The
Kitchener Public Library is opening a
Homework Centre and needs volunteers to be tutors and provide homework assistance. Two hours per week,
evenings and weekends. Interested? Call
743-0271, ext. 275
For more information about any of
these volunteer opportunities, please
call the Volunteer Actlon Centre at
742-8610.
VOLUNTEERS WITH A HEART? ...
#1052-9086 - Give afew hours of your
time during February to canvass for
donations to support the Heart and
Stroke Foundation.
HELP HUNGRY CHILDREN START
THEIRDAYWITHASMILE #l1202350 - by becoming involved in your
local school breakfast program. Programs usually run 7:30-8:30 a.m. and
volunteers may help as their schedule
permits.
ARELAXED ATMOSPHEREAND INTERESTING PEOPLE TO TALK T O
... #1103-1374 -Volunteersareneeded
one morning or afternoon a week at the
K-W Seniors Day Program doing crafts,
games, holiday celebrations, etc.
IF YOU ARE ENTHUSIASTICABOUT
VOLUNTEERING #I102 - contact
thevolunteer Action Centre. Theyhave
many opportunities such as reception
duties, welcoming visitors, data entry,
etc. from 5:OO-8:00 p.m. every other
Wednesday.
One in nine Canadian women will develop breast cancer during her life time.
The Breast Cancer Society of Canada is
recruiting volunteers to help out with
upcoming events and adminstration duties. For more information call 1-800567-8767 or visit our website at
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eld from 2:30-3:20 p.m. in
Languages 113 from Oc01-June 2002. The class
emphasis on pronunciation
and listening exercises. Students,
faculty, staff and spouses are welcome to attend. For more informa-

Poets O n The Run presents 'Fresh
Squeezed Readings" at the Mostly Organic Juice Bar Cafe, 119 King Street,
W., Kitchener, at 8:00 p.m. For more
info call James at 745-4884.
Fridays
English Conversation Class - the class
meetsFriday afternoons from2:OO-4:00
p.m. in Needles Hall, room 2080, September to June. Students, faculty, staff
and spouses are invited to attend. For
more information contact the International Student Office, ext. 2814.

Imprint staff meeting held at 12:30
p.m., SLC, room 1116. Come out
and volunteer at your newspaper.
Wednesday, February 27
Eating 101 -The Choice Challenge,
ding A Balance Right For You!
n 1isFebruary 27 and Session
arch 6 from4:30-6:30 p.m. at
h Services Meeting Room
Register early by calling 888ext. 2424 and leave name and
telephone number. There is a 20
person limit per session.
Musicians wanted for the Turnkey &
H~~~~on ~~b~~~~~27,
Radius coffee
2002 in SLC, Great Hall at 8:00 p.m.
Sign up at the Turnkey Desk. Everyone

is welcome! 365-24-07.
Michael Wood will be presenting UJazz,
Sweet Jazz" at Conrad Grebel University College chapel at the corner of
Westmount and University as a part of
the ongoing Noon Hour Concert series. The concert will take place at
12:30 p.m. and admission is free.
Friday, March 1
This Magazine's annual Creative NonFiction contest! Prize is $250, no entry
fee, multiple entries allowed with deadline March 1, 2002. Send entries to
This Magazine Best New Writer Prize,
401 Richmond Street, W., Suite 396,
Toronto, ON, M5V 3A8. For more
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Wmter2002 - "Study Slulls - Study
Smarter Not Harder": Study
Sk~llsWorkshops, Preparmg For
& Writing Exams, Exam Confidence. "Career Development" Explormg Your Personality Type,
Interested Assessment. "PersonaV
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managmg Anger, Self-Esteem Enhancement Group, Stress Manageent Through Relaxauon Tramg. For more mformauon and
regmxatlon, vlslt CounsellmgServIces, Needles Hall, room 2080
(d~rectlyacross the hall from the
Registrar's Office). A m~nimalmater~als
fee apphes for most workshops.
A short course on Essay Wrmng - Counselling Serv~cesand the Un~vers~tv
of
~ a t e i l o o ' sWriting Clinic is now oifering a study skills sesion on essay writing.
The session will be offered March 14
from 1:30-3:00 p.m. in the Study Skills
Room in Needles Hall. Call ext 2655
for information.

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TI-92 hand held calculator and manual.
Excellent condition, text editor, 3D
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Honda scooter - 80 c.c., 6,800 km,rare
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quality, low kilometers and years of fun
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Performers wanted
for St. Paul's 30th
Annual Blackforest
Coffeehouse on March 8 and 9. Contact
us at spuc~blackforest@yahoo.ca

ESL teachers needed in Korea.
Bachelor's degree or higher
education is mandatory. Good
working conditions and wage. Contact
Info & Money (Igpll4@hounail.com
or 1-519-574-5853) for more information.
Experienced babysitter required for an
11 year old child with ADDH and
Oppositional Defiant Disorder, two days
a week, Saturday and Sunday. References required. Car is a necessity. Please
call 74713443.
Weekend counsellors and relief staff to
work in homes for individuals with developmental challenges. Experience,
minimum eight-month commitment.
Paid positions. Send resume to Don
Mader, K-W Habilitation Services, 108
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when classes end. If you are truly experienced in Java, you can earn much more
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Audiovisual Publishers Inc. at 1-716856-6617. Be sure to provide telephone
number and the best time to contact

Room for rent - for a
quiet individual in a
quiet detached house
near both universities. Parking and all
amenities. Please call 725-5348.
Waterloo Off-Campus Housing - for all
your housing needs! Call 747-7276.
Large room for rent immedately, close
to the university. Please call (416) 4911370 for appointment.
Ten minute walk to UW. The place on
Amos. Two semi-detached homes with
eight rooms available. 589-1276.

Part-time employment available. Fun,
games, sports and crafts with after-school
children at Laurelwood Public School.
Only a 10 minute walk from the university. Interested persons should leave a
message at 741-8997.